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    Why do you want to download using multiple threads? The download won't be any quicker. Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 12:13
  • Can't you use multiple files and merging after? You save a file in a temp directory for every chunk of the remote file and you merge everything after. Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 12:17
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    @JakubZaverka : It usually is. You can see the difference if you try downloading the same file using wget and a download manager like DownThemAll (for Firefox) or even try to Multi-Thread wget using this. Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 12:17
  • @hurtledown : My question is, how do I download the different parts of a single file? Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 12:19
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    Here you have answer: stackoverflow.com/questions/3328059/… Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 12:21