<p>That's an 11GB file and fastq-dump is not a speedster. Without more info the likely answer is that it keeps downloading which might take several hours on  poor connection. You can get fastq download links from sra-explorer.info -- That is more stable than this tool.</p>

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<p>I ran the following command trying to download a fasta file from NIH but the command doesn't seem to terminate and I get no output file in my repository:</p>
<pre><code>fastq-dump SRR10134980
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<p>I have installed SRA Toolkit following the instructions on <a href="https://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools/wiki/02.-Installing-SRA-Toolkit" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this page</a>.</p>

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Do you get the same behavior when you use [fasterq-dump](https://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools/wiki/HowTo:-fasterq-dump)? Note that `fasterq-dump` is the successor to the older `fastq-dump` tool.
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# sra toolkit fastq-dump comand not terminating

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-03-19)

I ran the following command trying to download a fasta file from NIH but the command doesn't seem to terminate and I get no output file in my repository:
fastq-dump SRR10134980

I have installed SRA Toolkit following the instructions on this page.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you get the same behavior when you use [fasterq-dump](https://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools/wiki/HowTo:-fasterq-dump)? Note that `fasterq-dump` is the successor to the older `fastq-dump` tool.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-03-20. Score: 1

That's an 11GB file and fastq-dump is not a speedster. Without more info the likely answer is that it keeps downloading which might take several hours on poor connection. You can get fastq download links from sra-explorer.info -- That is more stable than this tool.


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