Download a website in ubuntu

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We will use wget to save entire webiste. Syntax is

wget <options> http://yoursitename.com

Following are the useful options you can use with wget.

-c / --continue Resume interrupted download.
-nd / --no-directories Don't create directory hierarchy.
-P / --directory-prefix=Save downloaded files to specified directory.
-U / --user-agent=Spoof user agent string.
-r / --recursiveGo crazy :)
-l / --level=use 0 for infinite depth level or use number greater than 0 for limited depth.
-k / --convert-linksModify links inside downloaded files to point to local files.
-p / --page-requisitesGet all images, css, js files which make up the web page.
-np / --no-parentDon't download parent directory contents.

I normally use following command to download a website.

wget -r --level=0 -convert-links --page-requisites --no-parent  <url>

Comments

Anonymous said…
Thanks! I used this to save a copy of our website that we created to chronicle our trip to China to adopt our son. I want to use the space for other things now, but didn't want to lose the memories recorded on the website. One detail though: you list "-convert-links" as a parameter, but it needs to be "--convert-links" in order for the links to be changed to match the local file system. Thanks for the help!

Brett
February 13, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Unknown said…
Is there some way to prevent some particular file format from being downloaded..? Like, the images etc.
March 23, 2010 at 11:14 PM
Anonymous said…
I normally use following command to download a website.

wget -r -v --level=0 --convert-links --page-requisites --no-parent

cause is verbose and you can know what is going on
September 6, 2010 at 9:25 PM
shrek said…
Good job friend. really good to save the html tutorials.

Thank you very much.
February 4, 2011 at 12:30 AM
Anonymous said…
There is a typo in the example of the command you usually use. You put '-convert-links'. It should be '--convert-links' (two dashes instead of one. It doesn't convert the links unless this is right.

Thanks for this post.
April 12, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Francois said…
That is fantastic! I am working on a project to create a presentation based on a website and hopefully this will help with the files I need to do that.

Thank you!
September 20, 2012 at 10:23 AM
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