Properly download from github using wget and curl

gistfile1.sh

wget --no-check-certificate --content-disposition https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1
# --no-check-cerftificate was necessary for me to have wget not puke about https
curl -LJO https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1

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For people who like the long, more understandable form of curl options to be used in scripts:

• -L → --location
• -J → --remote-header-name
• -O → --remote-name

curl --location --remote-header-name --remote-name https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1

Don't know why --remote-header-name is required. It works fine only with --location & --remote-name

None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

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None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

This likely means your URL is invalid (the file isn't on the server)

-J, --remote-header-name

(HTTP) This option tells the -O, --remote-name option to use the server-specified Content-Disposition filename instead of extracting a filename from the URL.

If the server specifies a file name and a file with that name already exists in the current working directory it will not be overwritten and an error will occur. If the server doesn't specify a file name then this option has no effect.

There's no attempt to decode %-sequences (yet) in the provided file name, so this option may provide you with rather unexpected file names.

WARNING: Exercise judicious use of this option, especially on Windows. A rogue server could send you the name of a DLL or other file that could possibly be loaded automatically by Windows or some third party software.

Source: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#-J

Generally, one shouldn't blindly use command options without knowing what they do.

TQ

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