Enable parallel downloading

#!/bin/bash while read file; do wget $ done < files.txt Here, files.txt contains all files that have to be downloaded, each on its own line: https://my.website.com/archive-1.zip https://my.website.com/archive-2.zip https://my.website.com/archive-3.zip The problem with this approach, however, is that the files are downloaded sequentially. We might speed things up by downloading files in parallel. 3. Parallelizing Downloads with wget We can do a little better and let wget fork itself to the background by passing -b as a parameter: #!/bin/bash while read file; do wget $ -b done < files.txt Just as with the &-operator, each call is forked to the background and run asynchronously. What is different though, is that the -b parameter additionally makes for us a log file for each download. We can grep these log files to check that no errors occurred. 3.3. Using xargs The most sophisticated and clean solution to our problem is using xargs. The xargs command takes a list of arguments and passes these to a utility of choice with the possibility to run multiple processes in parallel. Above all, it gives us control over the maximum number of processes that will run at once at any given time. For example, we can call wget for each line in files.txt with a maximum of two processes in parallel: #!/bin/bash cat files.txt | xargs -n 1 -P 2 wget -q We also set wget to be quiet ( -q). Without that, xargs would redirect the output of all processes to stdout, which would have cluttered our termi...

Ever since Microsoft has released Microsoft Edge, it has been one of the best browsers in every aspect. It is also a Chromium-based web browser, that is well-known for its speeds. However. some users are experiencing a slow download speed on Edge. We have a few fixes for the issue, in this guide. Fix Microsoft Edge download speed is slow If your download speed is slow, then these tips will help you speed up download speeds in the Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 11/10. • Make sure your internet is working fine • Turn off Background processes that use the internet • Turn off Extensions • Enable Parallel Downloading flag • Reset Microsoft Edge Let’s get into the details of each method. 1] Make sure your internet is working fine 2] Turn off Background processes that use the internet Another way to fix the issue is to end processes that use a lot of bandwidth in the background. They may also cause the issue. You need to open the Task Manager on your PC and end those processes which seem to be consuming the internet. 3] Turn off Extensions The extensions you install on your Microsoft Edge browser might also be the cause of slow download speeds. Check the installed extensions. Disable all the extensions that are installed on Edge and try downloading. It might fix the issue. Then enable each, one after the other to find out which extension is causing slow download speeds and remove that extension. To Manage extensions. It will take you to the extensions page where you can see al...

Slow download speed is a common If you aren’t keen on 1. Close Unwanted Tabs To start, check all the open tabs in Edge and close the ones you don’t need. You can also use Edge’s built-in Browser Task Manager to identify tabs that consume the most network resources. In Microsoft Edge, press Shift + Esc shortcut to launch the Browser Task Manager. Click on the Network column to sort the processes based on their network usage. Select the tabs you aren’t using and click the End process button in the bottom-right corner to close them. 2. Close Unwanted Apps and Programs You also need to check if other apps or programs on your PC consume too much bandwidth. Apps that stream media or sync data with the cloud may affect download speeds in Edge. You can use the Resource Monitor app on Windows to identify such apps and programs easily. Here’s how: Step 1: Press the Windows key + S to open the search menu, type in resource monitor, and select the first result that appears. Step 2: Switch to the Network tab. Under ‘Processes with Network Activtiy,’ identify network-intensive apps. Step 3: Right-click on the app you don’t need and select End Process to close it. 3. Enable Parallel Downloading Parallel downloading is an experimental feature in Edge that can help accelerate download speeds. When enabled, Edge splits large files into smaller parts and downloads those parts simultaneously. This can help boost download speeds in Edge. To enable Parallel downloading in Edge, type edge://flag...