Answers.Body: <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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Body: <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
  </code></pre>
  <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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Comments.Text: 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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Title: sra toolkit fastq-dump comand not terminating
ThreadText: # 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](https://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools/wiki/02.-Installing-SRA-Toolkit).
  
  **Tags:** sratoolkit
  
  > **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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