Often I find myself needing to download google drive files on a remote headless machine without a browser.
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Below are the simple shell commands to do this using wget or curl.
Small file = less than 100MB
Download Google Docs For Linux Command
Large File = more than 100MB (more steps due to Googles 'unable to virus scan' warning)The text in red is what needs changing for the particular file you want to download.
Google Docs Download
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can be found in the google url of the file you want to download.
eg:
It requires wget. The source code for it can be found here.
Below are some examples of the different URLs it will work with
Any of those will download the file to a tmp file in the current directory.
It will then attempt to get the filename from the requests headers and then rename the file.
eg:
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sNhrr2u6n48vb5xuOe8P9pTayojQoOc_
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yXsJq7TTMgUVXbOnCalyupESFN-tm2nc/view?usp=sharing
Set the filename to anything you like (most likely the origin files name).
I have also now created an easy to use bash script.
See the bottom of the post for details.
Note: Make sure the file has been shared 'via link' as the script does not authenticate you.
I have also now created an easy to use bash script.
See the bottom of the post for details.
Note: Make sure the file has been shared 'via link' as the script does not authenticate you.
Small File (less than 100MB)
Large File (more than 100MB)
Bash Script
I have written a quick bash script utility that automatically does the above.It requires wget. The source code for it can be found here.
Google For Linux Download
Download the script and make it executable.Below are some examples of the different URLs it will work with
Any of those will download the file to a tmp file in the current directory.
It will then attempt to get the filename from the requests headers and then rename the file.
can be found in the google url of the file you want to download.
eg:
It requires wget. The source code for it can be found here.
Below are some examples of the different URLs it will work with
Any of those will download the file to a tmp file in the current directory.
It will then attempt to get the filename from the requests headers and then rename the file.
You can also specify your own output file path as a 2nd argument.
eg:
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sNhrr2u6n48vb5xuOe8P9pTayojQoOc_
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yXsJq7TTMgUVXbOnCalyupESFN-tm2nc/view?usp=sharing
Set the filename to anything you like (most likely the origin files name).
I have also now created an easy to use bash script.
See the bottom of the post for details.
Note: Make sure the file has been shared 'via link' as the script does not authenticate you.
I have also now created an easy to use bash script.
See the bottom of the post for details.
Note: Make sure the file has been shared 'via link' as the script does not authenticate you.
Small File (less than 100MB)
Large File (more than 100MB)
Bash Script
I have written a quick bash script utility that automatically does the above.It requires wget. The source code for it can be found here.
Google For Linux Download
Download the script and make it executable.Below are some examples of the different URLs it will work with
Any of those will download the file to a tmp file in the current directory.
It will then attempt to get the filename from the requests headers and then rename the file.
You can also specify your own output file path as a 2nd argument.
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