transmission-cli

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A lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client. This tool has been deprecated, please see `transmission-remote`.

Options (6)

-w, --download-dirboolean

Download a torrent to a specific directory

Example: transmission-cli {{[-w|--download-dir]}} {{path/to/download_directory}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

-d, --downlimitboolean

Specify the download speed limit (in KB/s)

Example: transmission-cli {{[-d|--downlimit]}} {{50}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

-u, --uplimitboolean

Specify the upload speed limit (in KB/s)

Example: transmission-cli {{[-u|--uplimit]}} {{50}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

-p, --portboolean

Use a specific port for connections

Example: transmission-cli {{[-p|--port]}} {{port_number}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

--encryption-requiredboolean

Force encryption for peer connections

Example: transmission-cli {{[-er|--encryption-required]}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

-b, --blocklistboolean

Use a Bluetack-formatted peer blocklist

Example: transmission-cli {{[-b|--blocklist]}} {{blocklist_url|path/to/blocklist}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

Download a specific torrent

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

Download a torrent to a specific directory

transmission-cli [-w|--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

Specify the download speed limit (in KB/s)

transmission-cli [-d|--downlimit] 50 url|magnet|path/to/file

Specify the upload speed limit (in KB/s)

transmission-cli [-u|--uplimit] 50 url|magnet|path/to/file

Use a specific port for connections

transmission-cli [-p|--port] port_number url|magnet|path/to/file

Force encryption for peer connections

transmission-cli [-er|--encryption-required] url|magnet|path/to/file

Use a Bluetack-formatted peer blocklist

transmission-cli [-b|--blocklist] blocklist_url|path/to/blocklist url|magnet|path/to/file