wget & curl can't download a specific CSS file

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I'm trying to download a CSS file using wget - quite a simple task I would say, but whenever I try downloading the CSS file I receive a corrupted/mis-formatted file, containing lines like these:

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Here is the source CSS file

The things is: downloading other files works just fine, there must be something wrong specifically with this file...

I tried updating wget - same output.

Tried using curl - same output.

I'd appreciate any help! Thanks :)

mmccaff · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-04 20:54:27Z

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The server is serving a gzip compressed file to reduce the amount of data that is sent. It might not be doing that for everything it serves, but it certainly is for this file.

You can use the --compressed curl option to uncompress what it returns:

curl --compressed "http://daks2k3a4ib2z.cloudfront.net/56938a33feb451344a7acab7/css/compass-hls.eedd6aab0.min.css"

answered Feb 4, 2016 at 20:54

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Cyrus · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-04 21:27:41Z

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Download the file with wget and check it with file:

$ wget -O foo.css http://daks2k3a4ib2z.cloudfront.net/56938a33feb451344a7acab7/css/compass-hls.eedd6aab0.min.css

$ file foo.css
foo.css: gzip compressed data, from Unix

Download the file with wget, write it to stdout, uncompress it, write it to a file and check it with file:

$ wget -O - http://daks2k3a4ib2z.cloudfront.net/56938a33feb451344a7acab7/css/compass-hls.eedd6aab0.min.css | gunzip > foo.css

$ file foo.css
foo.css: ASCII text, with very long lines, with no line terminators

edited Feb 4, 2016 at 21:27

answered Feb 4, 2016 at 20:50

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Mr Lister Over a year ago

On my machine, the upzip part isn't necessary. using wget by itself is enough, or even opening the URL directly from Kate.

Ben Avnon Over a year ago

Figured it out myself just before you wrote it haha! But thanks allot nevertheless :) Really appreciate the help * reassurance!

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