transmission-remote

Remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission. More information: https://transmissionbt.com.

• Add a torrent file or magnet link to Transmission and download to a specified directory:

transmission-remote hostname -a torrent|url -w /path/to/download_directory

• Change the default download directory:

transmission-remote hostname -w /path/to/download_directory

• List all torrents:

transmission-remote hostname --list

• Start torrent 1 and 2, stop torrent 3:

transmission-remote hostname -t "1,2" --start -t 3 --stop

• Remove torrent 1 and 2, and also delete local data for torrent 2:

transmission-remote hostname -t 1 --remove -t 2 --remove-and-delete

• Stop all torrents:

transmission-remote hostname -t all --stop

• Move torrents 1-10 and 15-20 to a new directory (which will be created if it does not exist):

transmission-remote hostname -t "1-10,15-20" --move /path/to/new_directory