1TRANSMISSIONCLI(1)        BSD General Commands Manual       TRANSMISSIONCLI(1)
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NAME

4     transmissioncli — a bittorrent client
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SYNOPSIS

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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DESCRIPTION

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
25             name.
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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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FILES

55     ~/.transmission
56             Directory where transmissioncli keeps torrent information for
57             future seeding and resume operations.
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AUTHORS

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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SEE ALSO

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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