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.Dd July 21, 2008
.Dt TRANSMISSION-CLI 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm transmission-cli
.Nd a bittorrent client
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm transmission-cli
.Bk -words
.Fl h
.Nm
.Op Fl b | B
.Op Fl d Ar number | Fl D
.Op Fl er | ep | et
.Op Fl f Ar script
.Op Fl g Ar directory
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl m | M
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl t Ar tos
.Op Fl u Ar number | Fl U
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl w Ar directory
.Ar torrent-file
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with
scripting capabilities.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl b Fl -blocklist
Enable peer blocklists. Transmission understands the bluetack blocklist file format.
New blocklists can be added by copying them into the config-dir's "blocklists" subdirectory.
.It Fl B Fl -no-blocklist
Disable blocklists.
.It Fl d -downlimit Ar number
Set the maximum download speed in KB/s
.It Fl D -no-downlimit
Don't limit the download speed
.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 -finish Ar script
Set a script to run when the torrent finishes
.It Fl g Fl -config-dir Ar directory
Where to look for configuration files. This can be used to swap between using the cli, daemon, gtk, and qt clients.
See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/wiki/Configuration-Files for more information.
.It Fl h Fl -help
Prints a short usage summary.
.It Fl m Fl -portmap
Enable portmapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP
.It Fl M Fl -no-portmap
Disable portmapping
.It Fl n Fl -new Ar sourcefile
Create torrent from the specified file or directory
.It Fl p -port Ar port
Set the port to listen for incoming peers. (Default: 51413)
.It Fl t -tos Ar tos
Set the peer socket TOS for local router-based traffic shaping.
Valid values are
.Pp
.Dq default ,
.Dq lowcost ,
.Dq throughput ,
.Dq reliability ,
.Dq lowdelay ,
.Pp
a decimal value 0-255 or a hexidecimal value 0x00-0xff)
.It Fl u -uplimit Ar number
Set the maximum upload speed in KB/s
.It Fl U -no-uplimit
Don't limit the upload speed
.It Fl v Fl -verify
Verify the torrent's downloaded data.
.It Fl w Fl -download-dir Ar directory
Where to save downloaded data.
.El
.Sh SIGNALS
In addition to these options, sending
.Nm
a SIGHUP signal will contact the tracker for more peers.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Ev TRANSMISSION_HOME
Sets the default config-dir.
.It Ev http_proxy
libcurl uses this environment variable when performing tracker announces.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It ~/.config/transmission
Directory where
.Nm
keeps torrent information for future seeding and resume operations.
.El
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
program was written by
.An -nosplit
.An Eric Petit ,
.An Josh Elsasser ,
.An Charles Kerr ,
.An Mitchell Livingston ,
and
.An Mike Gelfand .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr transmission-create 1 ,
.Xr transmission-daemon 1 ,
.Xr transmission-edit 1 ,
.Xr transmission-gtk 1 ,
.Xr transmission-qt 1 ,
.Xr transmission-remote 1 ,
.Xr transmission-show 1
.Pp
https://transmissionbt.com/