With M as the major, m as the minor, and r as the revision,

export M=8 m=65 r=17; wget --no-cookies --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/${M}u${m}-b${r}/jdk-${M}u${m}-linux-x64.tar.gz

Useful for scripting, headless operation, continuous integration, and just for any time when one doesn’t have any for unneeded account creation.

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