Fetch resource following all Location headers, setting the apropriate referer and saving all the cookies

follow-curl.sh

#!/bin/bash -vx
#
# ./follow-curl.sh
# Fetch resource following all Location headers and setting the apropriate referer and saving all the cookies
#
# Andres Hernandez - tonejito
# Released under the BSD license
#

CAT=cat
CURL=curl
MKTEMP=mktemp

function help()
{

  echo "
Usage:  ${0} <URL> [<cookie>]

	<URL>:		URL to be downloaded
	<cookie>:	cURL's cookie jar filename
" ;
}


if [ -n "${1}" ]
then
  URL=${1}
else
  help;
  exit 1;
fi

if [ -n "${2}" ]
then
  COOKIE=${2}
else
  COOKIE=`$MKTEMP --tmpdir=.`
fi

$CURL -vk# --location --referer ';auto' -A '' --cookie $COOKIE --cookie-jar $COOKIE $URL

$CAT $COOKIE