Exclude directories from wget to create sitemap - linux

Question

Im trying to use a shell script to scrape a website to get a list of all pages. I found the shell script "Written by Elmar Hanlhofer https://www.plop.at" and it works well. However, I need to exclude directories and the documentation isn't working for me.
# Example, exclude files from /print and /slide:
# files=$(find | grep -i html | grep -v "$SITE/print" | grep -v "$SITE/slide")
I need to exclude a forum install located at /support (and all children directories) so I modify the code to be:
files=$(find | grep -i html | grep -v "$SITE/support")
However it is still scanning /support/directory/directory/ etc. How do I modify the grep command to exclude /support AND ALL CHILD DIRECTORIES?
I am very new to linux / unix commands, so I may not be expressing this correctly. Thank you.

Answer 1

The original script will download whole site, run find to filter out content you don't want.
The section related to wget is copied below,
wget \
--recursive \
--no-clobber \
--page-requisites \
--convert-links \
--restrict-file-names=windows \
--no-parent \
--directory-prefix="$TMP" \
--domains $DOMAIN \
--user-agent="$AGENT" \
$URL >& $WGET_LOG
To exclude support directory, add --exclude-directories option,
wget \
--recursive \
--no-clobber \
--page-requisites \
--convert-links \
--restrict-file-names=windows \
--no-parent \
--directory-prefix="$TMP" \
--domains $DOMAIN \
--user-agent="$AGENT" \
--exclude-directories=/support \
$URL >& $WGET_LOG
Read this answer if you want to have more control on directories.