axel for faster downloads via the command line

[ruebenramirez]

I've used wget/curl for downloads for a while, but I hadn't thought to attempt multi-connection downloads to speed up throughput....and then I learned about axel:

• github page: https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
• nice "howto" blog post writeup: https://www.tecmint.com/axel-commandline-download-accelerator-for-linux/

[ruebenramirez]

wget command example: wget http://speedtest.ftp.otenet.gr/files/test100Mb.db

axel equivalent: axel -n 10 --output=axel-test100Mb.db http://speedtest.ftp.otenet.gr/files/test100Mb.db

According to the howto article, the download is sped up so that download time is cut by more than 50%