https://github.com/mohd-akram/ghget

A script to download files/directories from GitHub.
https://github.com/mohd-akram/ghget

curl download github posix script shell

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A script to download files/directories from GitHub.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mohd-akram/ghget
• Owner: mohd-akram
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-02-19T14:06:19.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-12T13:21:37.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-16T06:40:52.659Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: curl, download, github, posix, script, shell
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: https://git.io/ghget
• Size: 3.91 KB
• Stars: 28
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# ghget

A POSIX shell script to download files/directories from GitHub repositories.

It uses parallel transfers via `curl`, with a progress indicator.

## Install

Run `make install` as root to install `ghget` to `/usr/local/bin`.

or

Copy `ghget` to a directory in your `PATH`.

## Usage

    ghget [-o path] url

## Examples

### Get a directory

    ghget https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/airline-safety

#### Output to custom directory

    ghget -o airlines https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/airline-safety

### Get a single file

    ghget https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/index.csv

#### Output to custom file

    ghget -o list.csv https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/index.csv

#### Output to stdout

    ghget -o - https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/index.csv

### Get an entire repo

    ghget https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data