export WAY=12345

#get the way
wget osm.org/api/0.6/way/$WAY

# rename the way to be way
mv $WAY $WAY.way

#get all the reffed nodes and get them
for x in `grep ref *.way | cut -d\" -f2`;
do echo $x;
#get them
wget osm.org/api/0.6/node/$x ;
#renamed them to node
mv $x $x.node;
done

#look at all the nodes
cat *.node | sort