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TRANSMISSION-CLI(1) General Commands Manual TRANSMISSION-CLI(1)

transmission-clia bittorrent client

transmission-cli -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 directorytorrent-file

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

The options are as follows:

--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.
--no-blocklist
Disble blocklists.
--downlimit number
Set the maximum download speed in KB/s
--no-downlimit
Don't limit the download speed
--encryption-required
Encrypt all peer connections.
--encryption-preferred
Prefer encrypted peer connections.
--encryption-tolerated
Prefer unencrypted peer connections.
--finish script
Set a script to run when the torrent finishes
--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 https://github.com/transmission/transmission/wiki/Configuration-Files for more information.
--help
Prints a short usage summary.
--portmap
Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP
--no-portmap
Disable portmapping
--new sourcefile
Create torrent from the specified file or directory
--port port
Set the port to listen for incoming peers. (Default: 51413)
--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)

--uplimit number
Set the maximum upload speed in KB/s
--no-uplimit
Don't limit the upload speed
--verify
Verify the torrent's downloaded data.
--download-dir directory
Where to save downloaded data.

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

Sets the default config-dir.
libcurl uses this environment variable when performing tracker announces.

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

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

transmission-create(1), transmission-daemon(1), transmission-edit(1), transmission-gtk(1), transmission-qt(1), transmission-remote(1), transmission-show(1)

https://transmissionbt.com/

July 21, 2008 Debian