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Simple Batch Downloader

A Java-based simple batch downloader which has leverage over other batch download tools such as "wget" and "Invoke-Webrequest", as this tool is capable of downloading from non-standardized URLs.

Features:

Ability to specify a list of URLs from UTF8 encoded "txt" file
Ability to specify "output" directory
Ability to specify the extension of the downloaded files e.g., "pdf", "txt", etcetera
Saves the failed URLs in a "txt" file 
Renames the downloaded files with the download sequence number

Features to add in the next version(s):

GUI
Ability to save file with the original names
Proxy options
Ability to download from password protected URLs

Setup and Execution:

Installation of Java on the system is a pre-requisite
Download the jar file from the release
Open terminal/console/Powershell and enter " java -jar SimpleBatchDownloader-v0.2.jar "
Follow the instructions :)
Report bugs and request features here or via E-mail