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gdown — Download files from Google Drive and other URLs. More information: <https://github.com/wkentaro/gdow

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the gdown command: Download files from Google Drive and other URLs. More information: <https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown#usage>.

Solution

gdown — Download files from Google Drive and other URLs. More information: <https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown#usage>.

Download a file from a URL:

gdown {{url}}

Download using a file ID:

gdown {{file_id}}

Download with fuzzy file ID extraction (also works with <https://docs.google.com> links):

gdown --fuzzy {{url}}

Download a folder using its ID or the full URL:

gdown {{folder_id|url}} {{[-O|--output]}} {{path/to/output_directory}} --folder

Download a .tar archive, write it to stdout, and extract it:

gdown {{tar_url}} {{[-O|--output]}} - {{[-q|--quiet]}} | tar xvf -

Code Snippets

Download a file from a URL

gdown {{url}}

Download using a file ID

gdown {{file_id}}

Download with fuzzy file ID extraction (also works with <https://docs.google.com> links)

gdown --fuzzy {{url}}

Download a folder using its ID or the full URL

gdown {{folder_id|url}} {{[-O|--output]}} {{path/to/output_directory}} --folder

Download a `.tar` archive, write it to `stdout`, and extract it

gdown {{tar_url}} {{[-O|--output]}} - {{[-q|--quiet]}} | tar xvf -

Context

tldr-pages: common/gdown

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