[Bug 1254400] Re: Wget don't download files with ( ) in url.

[Sami Jaktholm]

This is not a bug in wget, it's just how the command line works.

The parenthesis "()" are both reserved to be used by the bash shell (command line). Thus you must either escape the parenthesis in the URL by replacing ( with \( and ) with \) or making the URL to download string by wrapping it in quotation marks. So following commands will work:
wget -c "http://www.evonemusic.com/downloads/Evolution%20One%20~%20For%20Your%20Consideration%20(Promo)%20(2013).rar"

wget -c
http://www.evonemusic.com/downloads/Evolution%20One%20~%20For%20Your%20Consideration%20\(Promo\)%20\(2013\).rar

Thanks for your report anyway!

** Changed in: wget (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Wget don't download files with ( ) in url.

Status in “wget” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Url =
  http://www.evonemusic.com/downloads/Evolution%20One%20~%20For%20Your%20Consideration%20(Promo)%20(2013).rar

  Log:

  isshin at kurosaki:~$ wget -c http://www.evonemusic.com/downloads/Evolution%20One%20~%20For%20Your%20Consideration%20(Promo)%20(2013).rar
  bash: ошибка синтаксиса около неожиданной лексемы `('
  isshin at kurosaki:~$ wget http://www.evonemusic.com/downloads/Evolution%20One%20~%20For%20Your%20Consideration%20(Promo)%20(2013).rar
  bash: ошибка синтаксиса около неожиданной лексемы `('
  isshin at kurosaki:~$ 


  
  Syntaxis error while unexpected string `(' or something (you can reproduce this bug).
  Version of wget - 1.14-2ubuntu1

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