How to send pause command via a bash script?

[habskilla]

Not a sabnzbd question but a linux question.

If i enter this, http://my url/sabnzbd/api?mode=pause, into a browser it will pause sabnzbd. 

The question I have is how can I do the pause command from a bash script?

I've tried wget -q http://my url/sabnzbd/api?mode=pause but that just creates a file called "api?mode=pause"

[shypike]

How about:

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wget -q --delete-after "http://host:port/sabnzbd/api?mode=pause"

Without the quotes, bash will think that the '?' is a wild-card.

[habskilla]

doesn't work 

[rAf]

try this :

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curl "http://host:port/sabnzbd/api?mode=pause"

[shypike]

doesn't work 

I'm sorry, but the wget works fine on my Ubuntu-8.04 server box.
(and curl too).

[habskilla]

Found the solution.  The reason it wasn't working was because of lack of authorization.  From the wiki advanced options I found the solution.

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wget -q --delete-after "http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/api?mode=resume&ma_username=user&ma_password=password"

[shypike]

OK, I had not thought of the username/pw either, since it's optional.