axel Command Examples

Download accelerator. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. More information: https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel.

• Download a URL to a file:

axel {{url}}

• Download and specify an [o]utput file:

axel {{url}} -o {{path/to/file}}

• Download with a specific [n]umber connections:

axel -n {{connections_num}} {{url}}

• [S]earch for mirrors:

axel -S {{mirrors_num}} {{url}}

• Limit download [s]peed (bytes per second):

axel -s {{speed}} {{url}}