transmission-cli — A lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client. This tool has been deprecated, please see `transmissi

How to use the transmission-cli command: A lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client. This tool has been deprecated, please see transmission-remote. More information: <https://manned.org/transmission-cli>.

transmission-cli — A lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client. This tool has been deprecated, please see transmission-remote. More information: <https://manned.org/transmission-cli>.

Download a specific torrent:

transmission-cli {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

Download a torrent to a specific directory:

transmission-cli {{[-w|--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 {{[-d|--downlimit]}} {{50}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

Specify the upload speed limit (in KB/s):

transmission-cli {{[-u|--uplimit]}} {{50}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

Use a specific port for connections:

transmission-cli {{[-p|--port]}} {{port_number}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

Force encryption for peer connections:

transmission-cli {{[-er|--encryption-required]}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

Use a Bluetack-formatted peer blocklist:

transmission-cli {{[-b|--blocklist]}} {{blocklist_url|path/to/blocklist}} {{url|magnet|path/to/file}}

tldr-pages: common/transmission-cli