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Ubuntu 13.10 Server : wget changes the filename of downloaded file automatically

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I have a simple shell script on my Ubuntu 13.10 Server to download all files in a list.

filen="/home/chester/test/workobject.txt"

dir_log="/home/chester/test"



if [ -f "$filen" ]

then

cd $dir_log

for n in `cat $filen`

   do

     echo $n

     wget -O $n.txt -q http://domain.com/QuickSearch?object=$n&search=Overview

   done

else

   echo "Nothing to do."

fi

The contents of workobject.txt:

9957881

9A39879

The script works properly. However, when it downloads the 9957881.txt files, it changes the filename to 9Z44X7~P.txt instead.

What is wrong with the script?

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answered 2 Years ago neasinient · Accepted Answer

I did a check on the output and it shows a %0D on the filename. Upon more research, I have found out that this is the trailing line break on the workobject.txt. Sadly, I cannot do anything about the formatting of workobject.txt file because it is only being pushed to my server via scp.

I just let the script do the same thing and just batch rename all the files after processing to remove the %0D trailing the filename.

So the final script looks like this:

filen="/home/chester/test/workobject.txt"

dir_log="/home/chester/test"



if [ -f "$filen" ]

then

cd $dir_log

for n in `cat $filen`

   do

     wget -q http://domain.com/QuickSearch?object=$n

   done

else

   echo "Nothing to do."

fi

rename "s/%0D//g" Quick*

Worked like a charm.