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axel — Download accelerator. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPs. See also: `aria2c`. More information: <ht

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Problem

How to use the axel command: Download accelerator. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPs. See also: aria2c. More information: <https://manned.org/axel>.

Solution

axel — Download accelerator. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPs. See also: aria2c. More information: <https://manned.org/axel>.

Download a URL to a file:
axel {{url}}


Download and specify an output file:
axel {{url}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}}


Download with a specific number connections:
axel {{[-n|--num-connections]}} {{number}} {{url}}


Use a specific number of mirrors for searching and downloading:
axel {{[-S|--search=]}}{{number}} {{url}}


Limit download speed (bytes per second):
axel {{[-s|--max-speed]}} {{speed}} {{url}}


Use the IPv4 protocol only when connecting to the host:
axel {{[-4|--ipv4]}} {{url}}


Limit output to stdout and use a custom user-agent when downloading:
axel {{[-q|--quiet]}} {{[-U|--user-agent]}} {{"Mozilla/5.0"}} {{url}}

Code Snippets

Download a URL to a file

axel {{url}}

Download and specify an output file

axel {{url}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}}

Download with a specific number connections

axel {{[-n|--num-connections]}} {{number}} {{url}}

Use a specific number of mirrors for searching and downloading

axel {{[-S|--search=]}}{{number}} {{url}}

Limit download speed (bytes per second)

axel {{[-s|--max-speed]}} {{speed}} {{url}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/axel

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