wget to download files from list of urls and naming it from other list of names

harsh sharma

4/24/23, 3:42 PM

I Have two text files - one of them contains urls of images that I want to download and other text file has the list of names corresponding to the urls of first files.

Example content of text file 1:

www.img.com/1/
www.img.com/2/
www.img.com/3/

Example Content of text file 2:

ab.jpg
bc.jpg
cd.jpg

I know how to use wget command for a list of urls :

wget -i exampletextfile1.txt

Is there any way or syntax to download files from first text file using wget and name them with respect to corresponding names from other text file?

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Timothy Truckle

4/24/23, 6:38 PM

I'd say you need to write a script that [reads both files into arrays](https://stackoverflow.com/a/19494945) an then iterates over them calling `wget` in each loop.

vanadium

4/25/23, 10:01 AM

As you write it, contents of text file 1 are *not* URL's to images. They are URL's to directories on the internet, so will display an "index.html" file if it exists.

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Dmitry Bravikov

4/24/23, 9:54 PM

You can merge files into one using the paste tool:

paste -d "" file1.txt file2.txt > result.txt

The result of merging your examples:

www.img.com/1/ab.jpg
www.img.com/2/bc.jpg
www.img.com/3/cd.jpg

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Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: wget to download files from list of urls and naming it from other list of names

TH: wget เพื่อดาวน์โหลดไฟล์จากรายการ url และตั้งชื่อจากรายการชื่ออื่น

RO: trebuie să descărcați fișiere din lista de adrese URL și să le denumim din altă listă de nume

RU: wget для загрузки файлов из списка URL-адресов и присвоения им имен из другого списка имен

VI: quên tải xuống các tệp từ danh sách url và đặt tên cho nó từ danh sách tên khác

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