Download data from ENA to the on premise HPC

Owned by Roberto Barrero Gumiel
Last updated: Oct 09, 2024
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Source: https://ena-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/retrieval/file-download.html#using-ena-file-downloader-command-line-tool

ENA Browser

Go to the ENA Browser https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/home

Search NGS data of interest

In the ‘view search box' enter one of the following identifiers:

Once there, you can download any associated files by clicking the relevant links and then clicking on “Get download script”.

For example:

wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/000/SRR1039510/SRR1039510_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/000/SRR1039510/SRR1039510_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/000/SRR1039520/SRR1039520_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/000/SRR1039520/SRR1039520_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/001/SRR1039511/SRR1039511_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/001/SRR1039511/SRR1039511_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/001/SRR1039521/SRR1039521_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/001/SRR1039521/SRR1039521_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/004/SRR1039514/SRR1039514_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/004/SRR1039514/SRR1039514_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/007/SRR1039517/SRR1039517_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/007/SRR1039517/SRR1039517_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/008/SRR1039508/SRR1039508_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/008/SRR1039508/SRR1039508_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/008/SRR1039518/SRR1039518_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/008/SRR1039518/SRR1039518_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/009/SRR1039509/SRR1039509_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/009/SRR1039509/SRR1039509_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/009/SRR1039519/SRR1039519_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/009/SRR1039519/SRR1039519_2.fastq.gz

Now create a PBS Pro submission script for the above and save it in a file called, for example ‘launch_ENA_download.pbs’. Note: the below script will download the data in the folder from where the script has been sent to the cluster.

#!/bin/bash -l #PBS -N download #PBS -l select=1:ncpus=2:mem=8gb #PBS -l walltime=24:00:00 #work on current directory (folder) cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/000/SRR1039510/SRR1039510_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/000/SRR1039510/SRR1039510_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/000/SRR1039520/SRR1039520_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/000/SRR1039520/SRR1039520_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/001/SRR1039511/SRR1039511_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/001/SRR1039511/SRR1039511_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/001/SRR1039521/SRR1039521_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/001/SRR1039521/SRR1039521_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/004/SRR1039514/SRR1039514_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/004/SRR1039514/SRR1039514_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/007/SRR1039517/SRR1039517_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/007/SRR1039517/SRR1039517_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/008/SRR1039508/SRR1039508_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/008/SRR1039508/SRR1039508_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/008/SRR1039518/SRR1039518_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/008/SRR1039518/SRR1039518_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/009/SRR1039509/SRR1039509_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/009/SRR1039509/SRR1039509_2.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/009/SRR1039519/SRR1039519_1.fastq.gz wget -nc ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR103/009/SRR1039519/SRR1039519_2.fastq.gz

Submit the download script to the cluster:

qsub launch_ENA_download.pbs

Monitor progress of job: