---
name: "dosage"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dosage"
version: "3.0+dfsg-2.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dosage"
---

# dosage(1)

comic strip downloader and archiver

## NAME

dosage - comic strip downloader and archiver

## DESCRIPTION

usage: dosage \[-h\] \[-v\] \[-n NUMSTRIPS\] \[-a\] \[-c\] \[-b PATH\] \[--baseurl PATH\]

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  \[-l\] \[--singlelist\] \[--version\] \[--vote\] \[-m\] \[-t\] \[-o {html,json,rss}\] \[--no-downscale\] \[-p PARALLEL\] \[--adult\] \[--allow-multiple\] \[comic ...\]

A comic downloader and archiver.

### positional arguments:

- comic

  comic module name (including case insensitive substrings)

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  provides verbose output, use multiple times for more verbosity

- **-n** NUMSTRIPS, **--numstrips** NUMSTRIPS

  traverse and retrieve the given number of comic strips; use **--all** to retrieve all comic strips

- **-a**, **--all**

  traverse and retrieve all comic strips

- **-c**, **--continue**

  traverse and retrieve comic strips until an existing one is found

- **-b** PATH, **--basepath** PATH

  set the path to create invidivual comic directories in, default is Comics

- **--baseurl** PATH

  the base URL of your comics directory (for RSS, HTML, etc.); this should correspond to **--base-path**

- **-l**, **--list**

  list available comic modules

- **--singlelist**

  list available comic modules in a single column list

- **--version**

  display the version number

- **--vote**

  vote for the selected comics

- **-m**, **--modulehelp**

  display help for comic modules

- **-t**, **--timestamps**

  print timestamps for all output at any info level

- **-o** {html,json,rss}, **--output** {html,json,rss}

  sets output handlers for downloaded comics

- **--no-downscale**

  prevent downscaling when using html or rss handler

- **-p** PARALLEL, **--parallel** PARALLEL

  fetch comics in parallel. Specify the number of connections

- **--adult**

  confirms that you are old enough to view adult content

- **--allow-multiple**

  allows multiple instances to run at the same time. Use if you know what you are doing.

EXAMPLES List available comics:

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  dosage **-l**

Get the latest comic of for example CalvinAndHobbes and save it in the "Comics" directory:

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  dosage CalvinAndHobbes

If you already have downloaded several comics and want to get the latest strips of all of them:

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  dosage **--continue** @

User plugin directory: /home/tchet/.local/share/dosage/plugins

Using Python 3.11.6 (CPython) on Linux-6.5.0-4-amd64-x86\_64-with-glibc2.37 Copyright © 2004-2008 Tristan Seligmann and Jonathan Jacobs Copyright © 2012-2014 Bastian Kleineidam Copyright © 2015-2020 Tobias Gruetzmacher Copyright © 2019-2020 Daniel Ring

dosage comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Look at the file \`COPYING' within this distribution. For support see https://github.com/webcomics/dosage/issues

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **dosage** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **dosage** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

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  **info dosage**

should give you access to the complete manual.