aria2c Command Examples

Fast download utility. Supports HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. More information: https://aria2.github.io.

• Download a specific URI to a file:

aria2c "{{url}}"

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

aria2c --out {{path/to/file}} "{{url}}"

• Download multiple different files in parallel:

aria2c --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}}" "{{urlN}}"

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

aria2c --input-file {{path/to/file}} --max-concurrent-downloads {{number_of_downloads}}

• Download with multiple connections:

aria2c --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}}"