Trick: Batch Download with ProZilla Download Accelerator

I have written about ProZilla download accelerator that can boost your download speed. Unfortunately, it has no batch download functionality so you can't download multiple files at one command. Today i'd like to show you how to download multiple files using ProZilla download accelerator. OK! Let's get started!

Open up your Terminal emulator and type:

• gedit $HOME/.bashrc

Gedit will be opened and display the content of .bashrc files, now add this script at the end of .bashrc:

• proz-batch() {
• for x in `cat $1`;
• do proz $x;
• done
• }

Once finished, please save your work and type this command:

• source ~/.bashrc

Now, you can download multiple files by entering text file containing download links:

• proz-batch list.txt

Happy downloading :)

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ProzGUI: GUI Version of ProZilla

Recently, I wrote an article about ProZilla Download Accelerator that runs under command line interface. If you don't like that "geeky" stuff and want an application that has Graphical User Interface with similar function, you might want to try ProzGUI.

ProzGUI uses "Tk" library, so it is definitely fast and lightweight. ProzGUI has its own configuration file, so you can install both ProZilla and ProzGUI without any conflict.

You can install ProzGUI by typing the following command:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alza/project
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install prozgui

Enjoy :)

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Install ProZilla Download Accelerator on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot via PPA

ProZilla is ncurses based download accelerator that supports parallel downloads, HTTP and FTP downloads with FTP search feature. FTP search means ProZilla can search fastest FTP mirror for faster download speed. Because it based on ncurses, ProZilla is lightweight download accelerator too.

Installation:
Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick, Natty and Oneiric can install ProZilla download accelerator by simply typing the following command:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tldm217/tahutek.net
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install prozilla

Usage instruction:
General usage

• proz download_link

Resume download

• proz -r download link

Limit download speed (at 20000 bps)

• proz --max-bps=20000 download_link

Do FTP search

• proz -s download_link

More download options

• proz --help

Happy downloading :)

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