How to download Software & Patches from MOS using wget script or direct download

1. Log in to MOS (http://support.oracle.com) & search (example – Patch 6880880) for the software or patch you want to download

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2. Select the software or patch you want to download

Example- Opatch 6880880

3. Click on the ‘Download’ button.

4. Option1: direct patch download

--- Once you download patch on windows machin you can either use winscp, FTP and any file transfer method to copy it from Windows server to Linux server

5. Option2: wget shell script download and run on linux terminal

--- This wget command or shell script will directly downloads the patch into Linux sever 

script - wget.sh

6. Run the script and when it asks for the username & password, enter the My Oracle Support (MOS) username & password. 

 sh wget.sh

--- Enter MOS login ID when asked

--- Enter password when asked 

Tips and Tricks:

You can directly download the patch in you linux server if you know the patch name using this below one-line command. 

read -s -p "Enter Password: " mypassword; nohupwget --http-user=mallikarjun.ramadurg@AAA.com --http-password="`echo $mypassword`" --no-check-certificate --secure-protocol=TLSv1 --output-document=p6880880_180000_Linux-x86-64.zip "https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/Download/download_patch/p6880880_180000_Linux-x86-64.zipp?patch_password=patch_password"

Regards,

Mallik