transmission-cli

A lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client.

This tool has been deprecated, please see `transmission-remote`.

More information.

• Download a specific torrent:

transmission-cli {url|magnet|path/to/file}

• Download a torrent to a specific directory:

transmission-cli --download-dir {path/to/download_directory} {url|magnet|path/to/file}

• Create a torrent file from a specific file or directory:

transmission-cli --new {path/to/source_file_or_directory}

• Set the download speed limit to 50 KB/s:

transmission-cli --downlimit {50} {url|magnet|path/to/file}

• Set the upload speed limit to 50 KB/s:

transmission-cli --uplimit {50} {url|magnet|path/to/file}

• Use a specific port for connections:

transmission-cli --port {port_number} {url|magnet|path/to/file}

• Force encryption for peer connections:

transmission-cli --encryption-required {url|magnet|path/to/file}

• Use a Bluetack-formatted peer blocklist:

transmission-cli --blocklist {blocklist_url|path/to/blocklist} {url|magnet|path/to/file}

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