Batch file to download files?

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I have a batch file, and I'd like to make a part of it save/download a file from a website...

eg. example.com/file.jpg

This would then be saved to a location on my computer. Is there a way to do this? I've tried using the copy/xcopy/ROBOCOPY commands, but to no avail.

My operating system is Windows 8.1

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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You can use bitsadmin /? it's native in windows but not sure in windows8

bitsadmin.exe /transfer "JobName" http://download.url/here.exe C:\destination\here.exe

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answered Sep 08 '15 at 13:01

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Basile Starynkevitch · Answer 2 · 2015-09-08T10:48:15.733

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It is operating system specific. On POSIX systems, you might use curl or wget to download files; perhaps they exist on your OS (even if it not POSIX compliant, e.g. Windows, to which both utilities have been ported)

Both curl & wget are free software. You can download their source code, perhaps adapt it to your additional needs (I guess you won't have to do that, but who knows?), compile them into some executable, and run that executable on the command line.

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answered Sep 08 '15 at 10:36

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I updated my question to include OS - Windows 8.1. Curl sounds like what I need... Is it just an executable, called from the command line/batch file, acting the same as a normal windows command? – technotron101 Sep 08 '15 at 10:45
It is a free software that you can compile into an executable. – Basile Starynkevitch Sep 08 '15 at 10:46

Batch file to download files?

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