How to download files with a specific extension only from an FTP server?

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I'd like to batch download .torrent files from a FTP server (e.g. ftp://ftp.fau.de/gimp/gimp/) with one command or one click in a GUI (after entering the hostname and the root directory). The aim is to have all the .torrent file under a root on the FTP server in a directory so that they can be batch added to a torrent client, like Deluge GTK.

In Filezilla I still have to open all directories and click on all of the torrent files.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 25 '17 at 14:37

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wget supports recursive download and accept lists which should cover this use case.

wget -r -np -A "*.torrent" ftp://ftp.fau.de/gimp/gimp/

The file-extension should be specified.

The command will recursively download all files ending in torrent from ftp://ftp.fau.de/gimp/gimp/ .

If you want to remove the directory structure and have all files in the current working direcotory add -nd to the argument list.

If you want to skip downloads for files which already exist in the target directory, add -nc to the argument list.

edited Sep 25 '17 at 14:37

Kalle Richter

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answered Sep 25 '17 at 10:37

sapensadler

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Thank you. Any way to avoid downloading a file twice if it's found at more than one location, like on http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ (not FTP, but the above works as well) (there's no duplicate file created, but the download is unnecessary)? – Kalle Richter Sep 25 '17 at 11:11
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@KarlRichter you might find a solution for that here? (unless I've misunderstood the problem) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4944295/skip-download-if-files-exist-in-wget – LangeHaare Sep 25 '17 at 13:51

How to download files with a specific extension only from an FTP server?

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