1TRANSMISSIONCLI(1) BSD General Commands Manual TRANSMISSIONCLI(1)
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4 transmissioncli — a bittorrent client
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7 transmissioncli -h
8 transmissioncli [-v level] -i torrent-file
9 transmissioncli [-v level] -s torrent-file
10 transmissioncli [-v level] [-p port] [-d download-rate] [-u upload-rate]
11 [-f script] [-n] torrent-file
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14 The transmissioncli program is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent
15 client with scripting capabilities.
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17 The options are as follows:
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19 -h, --help
20 Prints a short usage summary.
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22 -i, --info
23 Shows information from the specified torrent file, such as the
24 cryptographic hash, the tracker, announcement, file size and file
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27 -s, --scrape
28 Prints the number of seeders and leechers for the specified tor‐
29 rent file, and exits.
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31 -v, --verbose level
32 Sets debugging options. The current range is 0-2, with the high‐
33 est level producing the most output. The default is 0.
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35 -n, --nat-traversal
36 Attempt to use the NAT-PMP and UPnP IGD protocols to establish a
37 port mapping for allowing incoming peer connections.
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39 -p, --port port
40 Specifies an alternate port for the client to listen on. The
41 default is 9090.
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43 -u, --upload upload-rate
44 Specifies the maximum upload rate in kB/s, which defaults to 20.
45 The level -1 may be used for unlimited uploads.
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47 -d, --download download-rate
48 Specifies the maximum download rate in kB/s, which defaults to -1
49 for no download limit.
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51 -f, --finish script
52 Specifies a shell script to be executed upon successful download.
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55 ~/.transmission
56 Directory where transmissioncli keeps torrent information for
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60 The transmissioncli program was written by Eric Petit <titer@m0k.org>,
61 Josh Elsasser <josh@elsasser.org>, and Mitchell Livingston
62 <livings124@gmail.com>.
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65 transmission-daemon(1), transmission-gtk(1), transmission-proxy(1),
66 transmission-remote(1)
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68 http://transmission.m0k.org
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