transmission-cli

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

• 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

• Specify the download speed limit (in KB/s):

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

• Specify the upload speed limit (in 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