Re: [Bug-wget] agent-string and background

[Micah Cowan]

5H wrote:
> Hi.
> I need to download a file from a site that denies wget, so I changed 
> the “agent-string” using the “-U” option. In this way I can download the 
> file, but I have another problem now.
> Using “-U” option wget works in background, but I need it does not because I 
> use it inside a bash script that should wait the end of wget process.
> How can I change the “agent-string” avoiding the background working mode?
> Thank you very much.

I suspect that you're forgetting to quote the URL you give to Wget.
Don't forget that & is a special shell character meaning "run this
command in the background". If your URL includes those, be sure to quote it.

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Micah J. Cowan
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Maintainer of GNU Wget and GNU Teseq
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