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Asked: 2026-06-05T19:06:49+00:00

On Ubuntu, I am trying to download a file (from a script) using wget.

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On Ubuntu, I am trying to download a file (from a script) using wget.
Buildling a program to download this file everyday and load to a hadoop cluster.

however, the wget fails, with the following message.

wget http://www.nseindia.com/content/historical/EQUITIES/2012/JUN/cm15JUN2012bhav.csv.zip
--2012-06-16 03:37:30--  http://www.nseindia.com/content/historical/EQUITIES/2012/JUN/cm15JUN2012bhav.csv.zip
Resolving www.nseindia.com... 122.178.225.48, 122.178.225.18
Connecting to www.nseindia.com|122.178.225.48|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2012-06-16 03:37:30 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

when I try the same url in firefox or equivalent, it works just fine. And yes, there is no license agreement kind of thing involved…

Am I missing something basic regarding wget ??

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  1. Editorial Team

    The site blocks wget because wget uses an uncommon user-agent by default. To use a different user-agent in wget, try:

    wget -U Mozilla/5.0 http://www.nseindia.com/content/historical/EQUITIES/2012/JUN/cm15JUN2012bhav.csv.zip
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