Script to download files from Google Drive using Bash

gdrive_download

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# gdrive_download
#
# script to download Google Drive files from command line
# not guaranteed to work indefinitely
# taken from Stack Overflow answer:
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/38937732/7002068

gURL=$1
fName=$2
# match more than 26 word characters
ggID=$(echo "$gURL" | egrep -o '(\w|-){26,}')

ggURL='https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download'

curl -sc /tmp/gcokie "${ggURL}&id=${ggID}" >/dev/null
getcode="$(awk '/_warning_/ {print $NF}' /tmp/gcokie)"

cmd='curl --insecure -C - -o "${fName}.xls" -LOb /tmp/gcokie "${ggURL}&confirm=${getcode}&id=${ggID}"'
echo -e "Downloading from "$gURL"...\n"
eval $cmd