Refactor for simplification (#9054)

* Refactor for simplification

* cleanup

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utils/downloads.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def safe_download(file, url, url2=None, min_bytes=1E0, error_msg=''):
     except Exception as e:  # url2
         file.unlink(missing_ok=True)  # remove partial downloads
         LOGGER.info(f'ERROR: {e}\nRe-attempting {url2 or url} to {file}...')
-        os.system(f"curl -L '{url2 or url}' -o '{file}' --retry 3 -C -")  # curl download, retry and resume on fail
+        os.system(f"curl -# -L '{url2 or url}' -o '{file}' --retry 3 -C -")  # curl download, retry and resume on fail
     finally:
         if not file.exists() or file.stat().st_size < min_bytes:  # check
             file.unlink(missing_ok=True)  # remove partial downloads