transmission-cli (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

transmission-cli – a bittorrent client

SYNOPSIS

transmission-cli -words –h
transmission-cli [-b | B ] [-d number | –D ] [-er | ep | et ] [-f script ] [-g directory ] [-h ] [-m | M ] [-p port ] [-t tos ] [-u number | –U ] [-v ] [-w directory ] torrent-file

DESCRIPTION

The transmission-cli program is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with scripting capabilities.

The options are as follows:

-b –blocklist

Enable peer blocklists. Transmission understands the bluetack blocklist file format. New blocklists can be added by copying them into the config-dir’s "blocklists" subdirectory.

-B –no-blocklist

Disble blocklists.

-d, -downlimit number

Set the maximum download speed in KB/s

-D, -no-downlimit

Don’t limit the download speed

-er –encryption-required

Encrypt all peer connections.

-ep –encryption-preferred

Prefer encrypted peer connections.

-et –encryption-tolerated

Prefer unencrypted peer connections.

-f, -finish script

Set a script to run when the torrent finishes

-g, –config-dir directory

Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients. See http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles for more information.

-h, –help

Prints a short usage summary.

-m, –portmap

Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP

-M, –no-portmap

Disable portmapping

-n, –new sourcefile

Create torrent from the specified file or directory

-p, -port port

Set the port to listen for incoming peers. (Default: 51413)

-t, -tos tos

Set the peer socket TOS for local router-based traffic shaping. Valid values are

“default” “lowcost” “throughput” “reliability” “lowdelay”

a decimal value 0-255 or a hexidecimal value 0x00-0xff)

-u, -uplimit number

Set the maximum upload speed in KB/s

-U, -no-uplimit

Don’t limit the upload speed

-v, –verify

Verify the torrent’s downloaded data.

-w, –download-dir directory

Where to save downloaded data.

SIGNALS

In addition to these options, sending transmission-cli a SIGHUP signal will contact the tracker for more peers.

ENVIRONMENT

TRANSMISSION_HOME

Sets the default config-dir.

http_proxy

libcurl uses this environment variable when performing tracker announces.

FILES

~/.config/transmission

Directory where transmission-cli keeps torrent information for future seeding and resume operations.

AUTHORS

The transmission-cli program was written by An -nosplit An Eric Petit , An Josh Elsasser , An Jordan Lee , and An Mitchell Livingston .

SEE ALSO

transmission-create1, transmission-daemon1, transmission-edit1, transmission-gtk1, transmission-qt1, transmission-remote1, transmission-show1

http://www.transmissionbt.com/

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