transmission-cli

A lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client. This tool has been deprecated, please see transmission-remote. More information: https://manned.org/transmission-cli.

• 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}}