wget for ftp using a password containing @

Question

I am trying to get some files from my ftp server from the command line. I am using wget to download the whole folder at once. The command is:

wget -m ftp://username:[e-mail]:/path/to/folder

But the problem is, my password contains the '@' symbol. Hence The command becomes

wget -m ftp://username:foo@[e-mail]:/.. 

due to which, wget tries to resove [e-mail] as the host, which it is not able to. Please help!

Answer 1

Rather than the user:pass@hostname syntax, use switches. From wget --help:

--ftp-user=USER         set ftp user to USER.
--ftp-password=PASS     set ftp password to PASS.

Example:

wget -m --ftp-user=username --ftp-password=foo@bar ftp://ftp.hostname.com/file

Answer 2

You can also URL encode the username and/or password. The @ symbol becomes %40

For example:

wget -m ftp://username:foo@[e-mail]:/.. 

can be written as

wget -m ftp://username:[e-mail]:/.. 

I realize this question has been solved long ago, but I saw this in the corner of my eye and thought I'd throw in a solution (this is actually useful, because it should work with anything that uses or supports using URIs, such as FileZilla or a web browser.)

Answer 3

wget -m --ftp-user=username --ftp-password=foo@bar ftp://ftp.hostname.com/file -O /path_to_file/dest_file_name