Add explanations to use exact url flag to Readme

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@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine.
Default is ./websites/ plus the domain name
-f, --from TIMESTAMP Only files on or after timestamp supplied (ie. 20060716231334)
-t, --to TIMESTAMP Only files on or before timestamp supplied (ie. 20100916231334)
-e, --exact_url Download only the url provied and not the full site
-o, --only ONLY_FILTER Restrict downloading to urls that match this filter
(use // notation for the filter to be treated as a regex)
-x, --exclude EXCLUDE_FILTER Skip downloading of urls that match this filter
@ -44,11 +45,12 @@ Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine.
Default is one file at a time (ie. 20)
-p, --maximum-snapshot NUMBER Maximum snapshot pages to consider (Default is 100)
Count an average of 150,000 snapshots per page
-l, --list Only list file urls in a JSON format with the archived timestamps, won't download anything.
-l, --list Only list file urls in a JSON format with the archived timestamps, won't download anything
-v, --version Display version
## Specify directory to save files to
-d, --directory PATH
@ -81,6 +83,17 @@ Example:
wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com --to 20100916231334
## Exact Url
-e, --exact_url
Optional. If you want to retrieve only the file matching exactly the url provided, you can use this flag. It will avoid downloading anything else.
For example, if you only want to download only the html homepage file of example.com:
wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com --exact_url
## Only URL Filter
-o, --only ONLY_FILTER