DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/common/aria2c.md

# aria2c

> Fast download utility.
> Supports HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink.
> 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]}} {{false}} "{{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}}"`