axel for faster downloads via the command line

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axel for faster downloads via the command line #444

Open ruebenramirez opened 4 years ago

ruebenramirez commented 4 years ago

I've used wget/curl for downloads for a while, but I hadn't thought to attempt multi-connection downloads to speed up throughput....and then I learned about axel:

github page: https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
nice "howto" blog post writeup: https://www.tecmint.com/axel-commandline-download-accelerator-for-linux/

ruebenramirez commented 4 years ago

wget command example: wget http://speedtest.ftp.otenet.gr/files/test100Mb.db

axel equivalent: axel -n 10 --output=axel-test100Mb.db http://speedtest.ftp.otenet.gr/files/test100Mb.db

According to the howto article, the download is sped up so that download time is cut by more than 50%