Transmission
A fast, and free BitTorrent client.
Configuration
Show the configuration
transmission-daemon --dump-settings
Change the download directory
transmission-daemon --download-dir "directory-path"
Start the transmission deamon
See if a service is not installed and running by default when installing the software.
transmission-daemon
Adding a torrent
You can add torrent as file from server:
transmission-remote -a ".torrent"
or as P2P magnet
transmission-remote -a "magnet:"
Download status
Check the status of you downloads
transmission-remote -l
You can watch the output of the command to have a continuous
progress overview. See: watch
watch -n 5 transmission-remote -l
Removing a torrent
Remove the torrent with the ID 1
transmission-remote -t 1 -r
Remove multiple torrents
transmission-remote -t 2,3 -r
Remove all torrents
transmission-remote -t all -r