Download File

Download file with aria2c

Installation

sudo apt update
sudo apt install aria2 -y

Download file

Simple file:

aria2c https://example.com/file.zip

Change file’name when saving:

aria2c -o newname.zip https://example.com/file.zip

Add path when saving:

aria2c -d ~/Downloads https://example.com/file.zip

Speed downloading with multi connection

aria2c -x 16 -s 16 https://example.com/bigfile.iso

• -x 16: maximum 16 parallel-connection

• -s 16: divide file into 16 pieces for faster downloading

Resume downloading

aria2c -c https://example.com/file.zip

• -c: continue

Download multiple files from a list

Create file list.txt with below contents:

https://example.com/file1.iso
https://example.com/file2.zip

Then run:

aria2c -i list.txt