ghdl

GitHub File Downloader

Table of Contents

• Features
• Usage
  • Examples
    • Download files in current directory
    • Download all files recursively under each directory
• When you need ghdl.sh, when not?

Features

• Lightweight single-script downloader
• Minimum dependency, powered by curl
• Support recursive download

Usage

Usage:
  ./ghdl.sh [-r] <url>

Options:
  <url>            GitHub URL
  -r               optional, recursively download all files under each directory
  -h | --help      display this help message

Examples

Download files in current directory

• Download files in cwa-app-android repository main folder:

~$ ./ghdl.sh https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android/tree/main/Corona-Warn-App/src/main
[INFO] Skip directory /corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android/tree/main/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/assets
[INFO] Skip directory /corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android/tree/main/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/java/de/rki/coronawarnapp
[INFO] Skip directory /corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android/tree/main/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/res
[INFO] Downloading https://github.com//corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android/raw/main/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
[INFO] Downloading https://github.com//corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android/raw/main/Corona-Warn-App/src/main/ic_launcher-playstore.png

~$ tree main
main
├── AndroidManifest.xml
└── ic_launcher-playstore.png

Download all files recursively under each directory

• Download all files under Directory Traversal from PayloadsAllTheThings repository

~$ ./ghdl.sh -r https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/tree/master/Directory%20Traversal
[INFO] Downloading https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/raw/master/Directory%20Traversal/Intruder/deep_traversal.txt
[INFO] Downloading https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/raw/master/Directory%20Traversal/Intruder/directory_traversal.txt
[INFO] Downloading https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/raw/master/Directory%20Traversal/Intruder/dotdotpwn.txt
[INFO] Downloading https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/raw/master/Directory%20Traversal/Intruder/traversals-8-deep-exotic-encoding.txt
[INFO] Downloading https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/raw/master/Directory%20Traversal/README.md

~$ tree Directory%20Traversal
Directory%20Traversal
├── Intruder
│  ├── deep_traversal.txt
│  ├── directory_traversal.txt
│  ├── dotdotpwn.txt
│  └── traversals-8-deep-exotic-encoding.txt
└── README.md

When you need ghdl.sh, when not?

Use case	Option
Download entire GitHub repository	git clone --depth 1 <repo_url>
Download crazy numerous files in a specific folder	DownGit
Download some files in a specific folder	ghdl.sh <repo_folder_url>
Download one single file	Please hit the Raw button

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