curl vs. wget

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Axel does parallel downloads splitting a file by default into 6 or 7 parts 
and downloading each part simultaneously then recombining them at the end 
of the download.


On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> 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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