<# .SYNOPSIS download-file.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION Downloads a file from the given URL .EXAMPLE PS> .\download-file.ps1 "https://www.cnn.com/index.html" .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz License: CC0 #> param([string]$URL = "") try { if ($URL -eq "") { $URL = read-host "Enter file URL to download" } $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() & wget --version if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'wget' - make sure wget is installed and available" } & wget --mirror --convert-links --adjust-extension --page-requisites --no-parent $URL --directory-prefix . --no-verbose if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'wget --mirror $URL'" } [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ downloaded file from $URL in $Elapsed sec" exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }