Download Raw Txt Apr 2026

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/[user]/[repo]/[branch]/[file] 2. Google Drive & Google Docs

Open a Google Doc, go to File > Download > Plain Text (.txt) . Download raw txt

curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/[user]/[repo]/[branch]/[file] wget https://raw

On the file page, hold the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Mac) and click the Raw button. This often triggers an immediate download. This often triggers an immediate download

Open the file on GitHub. Click the Raw button in the top-right corner to see the text-only version. Right-click anywhere on the page and select Save Link As... (or Save As... ) to save it as a .txt or its original extension.

If you have the URL of the raw file, use curl or wget in your terminal:

For standard text files stored in Drive, you can create a direct link by using the file ID in this format: https://google.com[FILE_ID] .