Thursday, October 11, 2012

Aria2 shell script and batch file

I wrote a BASH shell script and a DOS batch file that can be used to download files using aria2 — Aria2 is a command-line tool for downloading files. The script and the batch file take 2 arguments; the first one is for the bittorrent hash in 40-digit hexadecimal number and the second one is for arbitrary one-word description.





aria2.bat can be used on Windows, and aria2.sh can be used on Linux and *BSD. Make sure that aria2c is in PATH. For example, if you want to download an ISO file for the OpenSUSE DVD, you would type something like:



aria2.bat 198472f5217d843cceb1a4c82233f009ed6608af opensuse-dvd-586


To find the value of a bittorrent hash (that long hex number), you can cut it from a magnet link you find on a Web site — Magnet links allow you to download actual files without first having to download bittorrent files (*.torrent). When you see a magnet sign, right-click on it to display the shortcut menu and select Copy Link Location.



btih-demo1

Then, paste it somewhere, for example, inside the URL address bar. The hash value comes after the btih: string.



btih-demo2

After you find the bittorrent hash, use it as the first argument to the script and make up anything for the second argument, as shown in the example above.


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