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1. What is aria2 used for?
2. How does aria2c work?
3. What is aria2c summary?
4. How do I stop aria2?

What is aria2 used for?

Aria2 is used to download a file at a good speed by utilizing your maximum download bandwidth from multiple sources/protocols such as HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, Bittorrent, and Metalink.

How does aria2c work?

It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP /SFTP and BitTorrent at the same time, while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP/SFTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent swarm. Using Metalink chunk checksums, aria2 automatically validates chunks of data while downloading a file.

What is aria2c summary?

aria2 can download a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to utilize your maximum download bandwidth. It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP and BitTorrent at the same time, while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent swarm.

How do I stop aria2?

Simplest you can use Ctrl + C shortcut in terminal/konsole to pause the download. Internally it makes a temporary file in the same directory of extension . aria2, and when you try to redownload the file, it starts from the position it was made to pause. And don't use Ctrl + Z.