aim

🎯 aim: A command line download/upload tool with resume.

Alternatives: duma, grapple, rget.

Why?

Simplicity: a modern, simple tool for downloading/uploading with default settings.

Features

• default action implied from parameter order.

  • aim https://domain.com/" -> Display contents.
  • aim https://domain.com/source.file source.file" -> Download.
  • aim source.file https://domain.com/source.file" -> Upload.

• resumable file transfers.

• automatic no display of progressbar if content length <1MB (easy display contents of remote).

  

• defaults to stdout (pipe-able) to other commands: bash aim https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei/releases/download/v12.0.4/tokei-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xvz
• use as curl alternative: bash aim https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mihaigalos/aim/main/README.md
• configurable indicators via indicatif: you can change the display template and progress chars by either setting correct environment variables or creating a .env file in the folder you are calling from: bash AIM_PROGRESSBAR_MESSAGE_FORMAT="🎯 Transfering {url}" AIM_PROGRESSBAR_TEMPLATE="{msg}\n{spinner:.cyan} {elapsed_precise} ▕{bar:.white}▏ {bytes}/{total_bytes} {bytes_per_sec} ETA {eta}." AIM_PROGRESSBAR_PROGRESS_CHARS="=>-"
• pipe-able output: aim https://www.rust-lang.org/ | htmlq --attribute href a

Resume

• Download resume:
  • [x] http
  • [x] ftp
• Upload resume:
  • [x] http implemented but experimental. You need a webserver implementing PUT ranges (or a patched version of nginx). _test_aim_put_resume_binary_file should cover this case.
  • [ ] ftp