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NAME

       axel - light command line download accelerator

SYNOPSIS

        axel [OPTIONS] url1 [url2] [url...]

DESCRIPTION

       Axel  is  a  program  that  downloads a file from a FTP or HTTP server through multiple connection.  Each
       connection downloads its own part of the file.

       Unlike most other programs, Axel downloads all the data directly  to  the  destination  file,  using  one
       single  thread.  It  just saves some time at the end because the program does not have to concatenate all
       the downloaded parts.

OPTIONS

       One argument is required, the URL to the file you want  to  download.  When  downloading  from  FTP,  the
       filename  may contain wildcards and the program will try to resolve the full filename. Multiple URL's can
       be specified as well and the program will use all those URL's for the  download.  Please  note  that  the
       program does not check whether the files are equal.

       Other options:

       --max-speed=x, -s x
              Specify  a  speed  (bytes  per second) to try to keep the average speed around this speed. This is
              useful if you do not want the program to suck up all of your bandwidth.

       --num-connections=x, -n x
              Specify an alternative number of connections.

       --output=x, -o x
              Downloaded data will be put in a local file with the same name, unless  you  specify  a  different
              name using this option. You can specify a directory as well, the program will append the filename.

       --search[=x], -S[x]
              Axel  can  do  a search for mirrors using the filesearching.com search engine. This search will be
              done if you use this option. You can specify how many different mirrors should  be  used  for  the
              download  as  well.  The  search for mirrors can be time-consuming because the program tests every
              server's speed, and it checks whether the file's still available.

       --no-proxy, -N
              Do not use any proxy server to download the file. Not possible when a transparent proxy is  active
              somewhere, of course.

       --verbose, -v
              Show more status messages. Use it more than once to see more details.

       --quiet, -q
              No output to stdout.

       --alternate, -a
              This  will  show  an  alternate  progress indicator. A bar displays the progress and status of the
              different threads, along with current speed and an estimate for the remaining download time.

       --header=x, -H x
              Add an additional HTTP header. This option should be in the form "Header:  Value".  See  RFC  2616
              section 4.2 and 14 for details on the format and standardized headers.

       --user-agent=x, -U x
              Set  the  HTTP user agent to use. Some websites serve different content based upon this parameter.
              The default value will include "Axel", its version and the platform.

       --help, -h
              A brief summary of all the options.

       --version, -V
              Get version information.

NOTE

       Long (double dash) options are supported only if your platform knows about the getopt_long  call.  If  it
       does not (like *BSD), only the short options can be used.

RETURN VALUE

       The  program  returns  0  when the download was successful, 1 if something really went wrong and 2 if the
       download was interrupted. If something else comes back, it must be a bug.

EXAMPLES

       This will use the Belgian, Dutch, English and German kernel.org mirrors to download a Linux 2.4.17 kernel
       image.

           axel ftp://ftp.{be,nl,uk,de}.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2

       This  will  do a search for the linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 file on filesearching.com and it'll use the four (if
       possible) fastest mirrors for the download (possibly including ftp.kernel.org). Of course,  the  commands
       are a single line, but they're too long to fit on one line in this page.

           axel -S4 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2

FILES

       /etc/axelrc
              System-wide configuration file.

       ~/.axelrc
              Personal configuration file

       These  files  are not documented in a manpage, but the example file which comes with the program contains
       enough information. The position of the system-wide configuration file might be different.

COPYRIGHT

       Axel was originally written by Wilmer van der Gaast and other authors over time. Please, see the  CREDITS
       file.

       The current Axel homepage (since 2015) is https://github.com/eribertomota/axel

HELP THIS PROJECT

       If you intent to help, please, read the README.to-contribute file.