Using wget, how to download to a specific location, without creating folders, and always overwrite original files

Question

How do I use wget to download files to a specific location, without creating directories, and overwrite the original every time.

I've tried using the -r -P and nc options in combination but this resulted in several undesirable effects.

wget -P ./temp -r "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife/master/README.md" -nd

The above downloads README.md to the /temp directory in the current folder, but preserves the original README.md and numbers all subsequent README.md files.

wget -r -P ./temp "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife/master/README.md" -nd

Above command does the same thing.

wget -P ./temp -nc "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife/master/README.md" -r

With this one, the file is replaced but directories are created.

Answer 1

You can achieve the required result in wget (or curl) by specifying an output document.

With wget:

wget https://raw.git...etc.../README.md -O ./temp/README.md

With curl:

curl https://raw.git...etc.../master/README.md > ./temp/README.md

Answer 2

Saving file content to output file won't work with binary files.

I observed that only files that contains extension (have . in their name) are downloaded in a new folder with the same name:

For example, wget 2 files: my_archive.zip and no_extension_file using commands:

    wget -P ~/Downloads/no_extension_file https://<IP>/no_extension_file
    wget -p ~/Downloads/my_archive.zip https://<IP>/my_archive.zip

will result in:

   ~/Downloads/no_extension_file
   ~/Downloads/my_archive.zip/my_archive.zip