Use number of downloaded file in wget as variable in bash script

Can I get the number of downloaded files with wget -r and use that as a variable? I want to write a script that runs multiple wget commands in it (using -q so i can control output) and then at the end, add up the number of downloaded files and echo that to the user. Is this possible?

To build on Jed’s suggestion and take it the rest of the way, you could do something like this:

MY_VARIABLE=$(wget -r http://foo 2>&1 | grep -c 'saved')

Or, if you wanted to go a touch more complicated, but more reliable and robust, you could pull out the download count given as the summary by wget:

MY_VARIABLE=$(wget -r -nv http://foo 2>&1 | awk '/^Downloaded:/ {print $2}')

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