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aria2c — Fast download utility. Supports HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. See also: `axel`. More

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Problem

How to use the aria2c command: Fast download utility. Supports HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. See also: axel. More information: <https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html>.

Solution

aria2c — Fast download utility. Supports HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. See also: axel. More information: <https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html>.

Download a specific URI to a file:

aria2c "{{url}}"

Download a file from a URI with a specific output name:

aria2c {{[-o|--out]}} {{path/to/file}} "{{url}}"

Download multiple different files in parallel:

aria2c {{[-Z|--force-sequential=true]}} {{"url1" "url2" ...}}

Download the same file from different mirrors and verify the checksum of the downloaded file:

aria2c --checksum {{sha-256}}={{hash}} {{"url1" "url2" ...}}

Download the URIs listed in a file with a specific number of parallel downloads:

aria2c {{[-i|--input-file]}} {{path/to/file}} {{[-j|--max-concurrent-downloads]}} {{number_of_downloads}}

Download with multiple connections:

aria2c {{[-s|--split]}} {{number_of_connections}} "{{url}}"

FTP download with username and password:

aria2c --ftp-user {{username}} --ftp-passwd {{password}} "{{url}}"

Limit download speed in bytes/s:

aria2c --max-download-limit {{speed}} "{{url}}"

Code Snippets

Download a specific URI to a file

aria2c "{{url}}"

Download a file from a URI with a specific output name

aria2c {{[-o|--out]}} {{path/to/file}} "{{url}}"

Download multiple different files in parallel

aria2c {{[-Z|--force-sequential=true]}} {{"url1" "url2" ...}}

Download the same file from different mirrors and verify the checksum of the downloaded file

aria2c --checksum {{sha-256}}={{hash}} {{"url1" "url2" ...}}

Download the URIs listed in a file with a specific number of parallel downloads

aria2c {{[-i|--input-file]}} {{path/to/file}} {{[-j|--max-concurrent-downloads]}} {{number_of_downloads}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/aria2c

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