curl vs. wget

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Tim here.

For large file downloads?  Using curl & wget are likely about the same
for the stock usage.

However, for multiple files, you can use curl's "--parallel" and
"--parallel-max" options to download multiple files at the same time.

The curl blog mentions other tools that do "same file splitting"

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2019/07/22/curl-goez-parallel/

but doesn't mention any particular such utilities by name.

-Tim



On February 22, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Has curl got any speed advantage for large file downloads compared
> to wget?
> I know about axel and want to leave axel out of this comparison
> since some web sites block axel though for large files when axel
> can be used it's well worth the time savings.
> 
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