Super Linux Noob

I am trying to get some files on my server but every time I use wget command it just dls the html or xml but not the file. Is there something else I should be using? BTW its all done through command line.

Originally Posted by Squinty

I am trying to get some files on my server but every time I use wget command it just dls the html or xml but not the file. Is there something else I should be using? BTW its all done through command line.

http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
wget has absolutely nothing to do with Linux or any other Unix/Unix-like system.
If you want to download something from *your server*, you can also use a web browser, you know.

Its all command line done over SSH, so I dont have any gui

[coroner]

What file are you trying to get?
What is the command you are using exactly?

Originally Posted by Squinty

Its all command line done over SSH, so I dont have any gui

Use lynx, w3m or links.
You can also use links -g, if graphical support is compiled.
I prefer curl to wget, anyways.

try compressing the files into one archive and then sending it (them?)

ended up using WinSCP if anyone has this same problem, great program from getting stuff from the host pc to the server

[coroner]

I hate to burst your bubble, you are just unfamiliar with wget.. as anyone can tell. WinSCP is not a Linux application.. also Linux has scp, it is secure copy. It is part of the OpenSSH software suite.

Originally Posted by coroner

I hate to burst your bubble, you are just unfamiliar with wget.

I'm not sure if you read the name of the thread but I'm perfectly aware that I'm not familiar with anything Linux

Originally Posted by coroner

WinSCP is not a Linux application.. also Linux has scp, it is secure copy. It is part of the OpenSSH software suite.

I know I failed to mention that I'm doing this all over SSH, sorry

[ataraxia]

Originally Posted by Squinty

I am trying to get some files on my server but every time I use wget command it just dls the html or xml but not the file. Is there something else I should be using? BTW its all done through command line.

Sounds like you're wgetting the wrong url. You want to wget http://url/src/file.extension, not http://url/page.html.