greed(1)

NAME
greed - Lets you get and resume files.

SYNOPSIS
greed [-sn] [-o{0..1}] [URL0 URL1..URLN]

DESCRIPTION

Greed lets you download and resume files from web and FTP sites.

OPTIONS

-?
        Brings up quick help

-z
        Sends a bug report to me

-t
        Tests the file if it is a valid archive after the download is finished

-s
        Prints the file downloaded to STDOUT

-r||-rURL
        Turns off the http referrer and changes the referrer to URL, respectively

-o{0..9}
        0..9 is the level of output GREED prints

-n
        Downloads the newest version of GREED

-mADDRESS
        Sends an e-mail to ADDRESS every time greed downloads a file (-t MUST be used)

-l#
        Sets the level of recursion (how many directories down greed should go on an FTP site)

-i
        Reads URLs from Standard Input

-gfilename.grx
        Loads a .grx file (Windows GetRight), parses it, and downloads the files specified within

-f
        Disables reading URLs from greed.in

-d#
        Tells greed to download X files at a time. If no number is specified, it assumes 2 at a time.

-cURLR
        Changes the %##'s in a URL to characters... should old be used for URL's that don't work correctly, or have %##'s in them ;)

-b
        Sends GREED into background download mode.

COOL TIPS

greed -i < files.to.download
        Lets you download all the files in files.to.download

greed -d -b http://foo.bar/file.zip http://ab:cd@efg.hij/kl/mno.p
        Drops greed into the background and downloads the 2 URLS simultaineously!

greed -b -t -mHarry@GreedySite.com -l9999 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/
        Sends e-mails on each successful download and downloads ftp.cdrom.com... and I mean all .5 terrabytes :) Give it a try ;)

greed www.freshmeat.net...freshmeat.index.html
        "..." saves the URL retrieved from www.freshmeat.net to freshmeat.index.html

KEYWORDS
resume download ftp www