NAME

       megatools get - download files from your Mega.nz account

SYNOPSIS

              megatools get [--no-progress] [--path <path>] <remotepaths>...
              megatools get --path - <remotefile>

DESCRIPTION

       Downloads files from your Mega.nz account.

       NOTE: If you want to download entire directories, use megatools-copy(1).

OPTIONS

       --path <path>
              Local  path  to  download to. If this path is a directory, files are placed into the directory. If
              this path doesn’t exist, and it’s parent  directory  does,  the  file  will  be  downloaded  to  a
              specified file (this only works if you specify exactly one remote path).

              If <path> is -, remote file will be streamed to stdout.

       --no-progress
              Disable download progress reporting. This is implied when streaming.

       --disable-resume
              Don’t resume downloads from partially downloaded file. Default is to resume.

       -u <email> , --username <email>
              Account username (email)

       -p <password> , --password <password>
              Account password

       --no-ask-password
              Never ask interactively for a password

       --reload
              Reload filesystem cache

       --limit-speed <speed>
              Set  maximum  allowed  upload  and  download  speed  in  KiB/s.  This option overrides config file
              settings. 0 means no limit.  When using ParallelTransfers > 1, upload speed limit  is  applied  to
              each transfer individually.

       --proxy <proxy>
              Use  proxy  server  to  connect  to  mega.nz.  This  option  overrides config file settings.  More
              information       can       be       found        in        libcurl        documentation        at
              ⟨https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_PROXY.html⟩.  Some acceptable values are:

              • none : Disable proxy if it was enabled in the config file.

              • socks5://localhost:9050 : Local SOCKSv5 proxy server

              • socks5h://localhost:9050 : Local SOCKSv5 proxy server with DNS handled by the proxy

       --netif <ifname|ip>
              Network  interface  or  local  IP  address  used for outgoing connections.  You have to specify IP
              address bound to some of your local network interfaces, when specifying an IP address.

       --ip-proto <proto>
              Which IP protocol to prefer when connecting to mega.nz (v4, v6, or any).  This is just an advisory
              option.  Megatools will resolve mega.nz domain, and then use an A or  AAAA  record  based  on  the
              stated preference.

       --config <path>
              Load configuration from a file

       --ignore-config-file
              Disable loading .megarc

       --debug [<options>]
              Enable  debugging of various aspects of the megatools operation. You may enable multiple debugging
              options separated by commas. (eg. --debug api,fs)

              Available options are:

              • http: Dump HTTP request/response details (can be used to debug connection/proxy issues)

              • api: Dump Mega.nz API calls

              • fs: Dump Mega.nz filesystem (may require --reload to actually print something)

              • cache: Dump cache contents

              • tman: Dump transfer manager events

       --version
              Show version information

       <remotepaths>
              One or more remote files to download.

       <remotefile>
              Remote path to a single file to stream.

EXAMPLES

       • Download file to the current directory:

         $ megatools ls /Root

         /Root
         /Root/README

         $ megatools get /Root/README
         $ ls

         README

REMOTE FILESYSTEM

       Mega.nz filesystem is represented as a tree of nodes of various  types.  Nodes  are  identified  by  a  8
       character node handles (eg. 7Fdi3ZjC). Structure of the filesystem is not encrypted.

       Megatools maps node tree structure to a traditional filesystem paths (eg.  /Root/SomeFile.DAT).

       NOTE:  By  the nature of Mega.nz storage, several files in the directory can have the same name. To allow
       access to such files, the names of conflicting files are extended by appending dot and their node  handle
       like this:

       /Root/conflictingfile
       /Root/conflictingfile.7Fdi3ZjC
       /Root/conflictingfile.mEU23aSD

       You need to be aware of several special folders:

       /Root  Writable directory representing the root of the filesystem.

       /Trash Trash  directory  where  Mega.nz  web  client  moves  deleted files. This directory is not used by
              megatools when removing files.

       /Inbox Not sure.

       /Contacts
              Directory containing subdirectories representing your contacts list. If you want to  add  contacts
              to the list, simply create subdirectory named after the contact you want to add.

       /Contacts/<email>
              Directories  representing  individual  contacts  in  your contacts list. These directories contain
              folders that others shared with you. All shared files are read-only, at the moment.

SEE ALSO

       megatools(1), megarc(5), megatools-df(1), megatools-dl(1), megatools-get(1), megatools-ls(1),  megatools-
       mkdir(1), megatools-put(1), megatools-reg(1), megatools-rm(1), megatools-copy(1).

MEGATOOLS

       Part of the megatools(1) suite of commands.

BUGS

       There is no upstream support for bugreports and feature requests. But you can send code patches to
       megatools@xff.cz ⟨mailto:megatools@xff.cz⟩ to get them integrated into upstream repository.

AUTHOR

       Megatools was written by Ondrej Jirman < megatools@xff.cz ⟨mailto:megatools@xff.cz⟩ >, 2013-2022.

       Official website is ⟨https://xff.cz/megatools/⟩.

                                                  11 July 2025                                  megatools-get(1)