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How to download large files in Linux?

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Files with 100 MByte or more can be loaded with the normal browser. But if the connection freezes or breaks, everything was mostly free and you have to start the download again.

The program wget, however, does not get out of step even with large ftp or http transfers and can continue a previously interrupted download in a new attempt.

Here is a call with typical options:

wget -c -t10 ftp://xyserv.de/pub/update.bin

With

-c

wget continues a previously aborted file transfer.

The parameter

t10

Helps with servers that often fail to connect. In case of problems wgetwill start 10 new attempts if necessary.

The tool wget masters the protocols http, https, ftp and can also deal with proxies. You make the selection simply by prefixing the desired protocol with URLs. Be sure to try ftp:// first, as this variant achieves the best data throughput.


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