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Download huge files from Google Drive from https://stackoverflow.com/a/43478623
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gdrive_download.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
fileid="$1"
destination="$2"
# try to download the file
curl -c /tmp/cookie -L -o /tmp/probe.bin "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=${fileid}"
probeSize=`du -b /tmp/probe.bin | cut -f1`
# did we get a virus message?
# this will be the first line we get when trying to retrive a large file
bigFileSig='<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Google Drive - Virus scan warning</title><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>'
sigSize=${#bigFileSig}
if (( probeSize <= sigSize )); then
virusMessage=false
else
firstBytes=$(head -c $sigSize /tmp/probe.bin)
if [ "$firstBytes" = "$bigFileSig" ]; then
virusMessage=true
else
virusMessage=false
fi
fi
if [ "$virusMessage" = true ] ; then
confirm=$(tr ';' '\n' </tmp/probe.bin | grep confirm)
confirm=${confirm:8:4}
curl -C - -b /tmp/cookie -L -o "$destination" "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=${fileid}&confirm=${confirm}"
else
mv /tmp/probe.bin "$destination"
fi
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