transmission/daemon/transmission-remote.1

.Dd July 21, 2008
.Dt TRANSMISSION-REMOTE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm transmission-remote
.Nd a remote control utility for
.Xr transmission-daemon 1
and
.Xr transmission 1
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Bk -words
.Nm
.Op Ar host:port | host | port
.Op Fl a Ar filenames-or-URLs
.Op Fl b
.Op Fl d Ar number | Fl D
.Op Fl er | ep | et
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl g Ar files
.Op Fl gpr Ar peers
.Op Fl G Ar files
.Op Fl gsr Ar ratio
.Op Fl GSR
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl i
.Op Fl l
.Op Fl m | M
.Op Fl n Ar user:pass
.Op Fl N Ar netrc
.Op Fl o | O
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl ph Ar files
.Op Fl pl Ar files
.Op Fl pn Ar files
.Op Fl pr Ar peers
.Op Fl r
.Op Fl R
.Op Fl s | S
.Op Fl sr Ar ratio
.Op Fl SR
.Op Fl srd
.Op Fl si
.Op Fl t Ar all | Ar id | Ar hash
.Op Fl u Ar number | Fl U
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl V
.Op Fl w Ar download-dir
.Op Fl x | X
.Op Fl pi
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a remote control utility for
.Xr transmission 1 
and
.Xr transmission-daemon 1 .
.Pp
By default,
.Nm
connects to the transmission session at localhost:9091.
Other sessions can be controlled by specifying a different host and/or port.

.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a Fl -add Ar filenames-or-URLs
Add torrents to transmission.

.It Fl b Fl -debug
Enable debugging mode.

.It Fl d Fl -downlimit Ar limit
Limit the global download speed to
.Ar limit
kilobytes per second.

.It Fl D Fl -no-downlimit
Remove the global download limit.

.It Fl er Fl -encryption-required
Encrypt all peer connections.
.It Fl ep Fl -encryption-preferred
Prefer encrypted peer connections.
.It Fl et Fl -encryption-tolerated
Prefer unencrypted peer connections.

.It Fl f Fl -files
Get a file list for the current torrent(s)

.It Fl g Fl -get Ar all | file-index | files
Mark file(s) for download.
.Ar all
marks all all of the torrent's files for downloading,
.Ar file-index
adds a single file to the download list, and
.Ar files
adds multiple files to the download list,
such as "-g1,3-5" to add files #1, #3, #4, and #5 to the download list.

.It Fl G Fl -no-get Ar all | file-index | files
Mark file(s) for not downloading.

.It Fl gsr Fl -global-seedratio Ar ratio
All torrents, unless overridden by a per-torrent setting, should seed until a specific
.Ar ratio

.It Fl GSR Fl -no-global-seedratio
All torrents, unless overridden by a per-torrent setting, should seed regardless of ratio

.It Fl h Fl -help
Print command-line option descriptions.

.It Fl i Fl -info Ar id | torrent-hash
Show details of the current torrent(s)

.It Fl si Fl -session-info
List session information from the server

.It Fl l Fl -list
List all torrents

.It Fl m Fl -portmap
Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP
.It Fl M Fl -no-portmap
Disable portmapping

.It Fl n Fl -auth Ar username:password
Set the
.Ar username
and
.Ar password
for authentication

.It Fl N Fl -netrc Ar filename
Set the authentication information from a
.Ar netrc file.
See netrc(5) for more information.

.It Fl o Fl -dht
Enable distributed hash table (DHT).
.It Fl O Fl -no-dht
Disable distribued hash table (DHT).

.It Fl p Fl -port Ar port
Set the
.Ar port
for use when listening for incoming peer connections

.It Fl pn Fl -priority-normal Ar all | file-index | files
Mark file(s) as normal priority.
.Ar all
marks all of the torrent's files as normal priority,
.Ar file-index
sets a single file's priority as normal, and
.Ar files
sets multiple files' priorities as normal,
such as "-pn1,3-5" to normalize files #1, #3, #4, and #5.

.It Fl ph Fl -priority-high Ar all | file-index | files
Mark file(s) as high priority.

.It Fl pl Fl -priority-low Ar all | file-index | files
Mark file(s) as low priority.

.It Fl pr Fl -peers Ar number
Set the current torrent(s)' maximum number of peers

.It Fl gpr Fl -global-peers Ar number
Set the maximum number of peers allowed globally

.It Fl r Fl -remove
Remove the current torrent(s).  This does not delete the downloaded data.

.It Fl -remove-and-delete
Remove the current torrent(s) and delete their downloaded data.

.It Fl -move
Move the current torrents' data from their current locations to the specified directory.

.It Fl -find
Tell Transmission where to look for the current torrents' data.

.It Fl sr Fl -seedratio Ar ratio
Let the current torrent(s) seed until a specific
.Ar ratio

.It Fl SR Fl -no-seedratio
Let the current torrent(s) seed regardless of ratio

.It Fl srd Fl -seedratio-default
Let the current torrent(s) use the global seedratio settings

.It Fl s Fl -start
Start the current torrent(s)

.It Fl S Fl -stop
Stop the current torrent(s) from downloading or seeding

.It Fl t Fl -torrent Ar all | id | torrent-hash
Set the current torrent(s) for use by subsequent options.
.Ar all
will apply following requests to all torrents, while specific torrents can be chosen by
.Ar id
or
.Ar hash .
To set more than one current torrent, join their ids or hashes together in a list,
such as "-t2,4,6-8" to operate on the torrents whose IDs are 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8.

.It Fl u Fl -uplimit Ar limit
Limit the global upload speed to
.Ar limit
kilobytes per second.
.It Fl U Fl -no-uplimit
Remove the global upload limit.

.It Fl v Fl -verify
Verify the current torrent(s)

.It Fl V Fl -version
Show version number and exit

.It Fl w Fl -download-dir Ar directory
Use
.Ar directory
as the default location for newly added torrents to download files to.

.It Fl x Fl -pex
Enable peer exchange (PEX).
.It Fl X Fl -no-pex
Disable peer exchange (PEX).

.It Fl pi Fl -peer-info
List the current torrent's connected peers.
In the `status' section of the list, the following shorthand is used:
.D1 D: Downloading from this peer
.D1 d: We would download from this peer if they would let us
.D1 E: Encrypted connection
.D1 I: Peer is an incoming connection
.D1 K: Peer has unchoked us, but we're not interested
.D1 O: Optimistic unchoked
.D1 U: Uploading to peer
.D1 u: We would upload to this peer if they asked
.D1 X: Peer was discovered through Peer Exchange (PEX)
.D1 ?: We unchoked this peer, but they're not interested

.El
.Sh EXAMPLES

Set download and upload limits to 100 KiB/sec and 20 KiB/sec:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -d100 -u20
$ transmission-remote --downlimit=100 --uplimit=20
.Ed

List all torrents' IDs and states:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -l
.Ed

List all torrents from a remote session that requires authentication:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote host:9091 --auth=username:password -l
.Ed

Start all torrents:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -tall --start
.Ed

Add two torrents:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -a one.torrent two.torrent
.Ed

Add all torrents in ~/Desktop:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -a ~/Desktop/*torrent
.Ed

Get detailed information on the torrent whose ID is '1':
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -t1 -i
.Ed

Get a list of a torrent's files:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -t1 -l
.Ed

Download only its second and fourth files:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -t1 -Gall -g2,4
.Ed

Set all torrents' first two files' priorities to high:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -tall -ph1,2
.Ed

Set all torrents' files' priorities to normal:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ transmission-remote -tall -pnall
.Ed

.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
.An Charles Kerr ,
.An Josh Elsasser ,
.An Eric Petit ,
and
.An Mitchell Livingston .

.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr transmissioncli 1 ,
.Xr transmission-daemon 1 ,
.Xr transmission 1

.Pp
http://www.transmissionbt.com/