Download a file from google drive in linux terminal

Click the icon of the download arrow. So, what we have to do next is simple. Tags: Linux. Antonio Jarr at Thanks a lot! There is only one problem: This method does not work for zip files. Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website.

For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker. Forums New posts Search forums. What's new New posts New resources New profile posts Latest activity. Resources Latest reviews Search resources. Members Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts. Log in Register. Search titles only. I think -or expect- to implement gdrive in a shell script soon. How long does the auth code last once you activate it?

Hours, days, weeks? As the implementation is likely going ton end on a headless server, I was wondering what to do after the auth code expired. Hi, Good day! Did you get answer for the auth code question?

I am having same trouble where my script is going to run in a headless server and I am wondering if someone figured out on the auth code. Nice Article, My Question is that is grive two way sync?

Does it also sync the files on my google drive to my local PC? If yes, is there any way to turn this off? I want one way sync, from my PC to google Drive. Just keeps reporting that the rate is too high, or returns a 1 exit code. How to sync folder if it is uploaded once? I used upload command and it create duplicate directory. You are running the commands too often.

There is ratelimiting on the API and that is completely normal. It's not a problem of the tool, it is a problem with how often you send requests. The google drive API isn't meant for heavy loads of automation. Great tutorial. All worked except when I want download a file to my Linux latop I am having to use the file-id not the file name.

If I use the filename I get a error, file not found. But when I upload it works with the filename. Is that right? Any way to download multiple files using this? Like can I specify two ids such that they'll be downloaded one after the other. Used to use this quite a bit, but looks like it is down as of November The authentication step redirects to a Google page saying "temporarily disabled for this app". Commenters on the github page say re-compiling with your own API keys should still work little more complicated.

Asked 3 years, 6 months ago. Active 2 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 2k times. I am trying to download the files in the following link via wget: Google landmark competitions files I have tried the solutions proposed in the following answers but have been unable to get it to work. What am I doing incorrectly? Improve this question. Did you inspected the downloaded files? They may contain the error. Rename them to txt and inspected them.

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