transmission-remote

Remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission. More information: <https://transmissionbt.com>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/transmission-remote.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install transmission-cli
Ubuntu
apt-get install transmission-cli
Alpine
apk add transmission-cli
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S transmission-cli
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install transmission-cli
Fedora
dnf install transmission-common
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install transmission-cli
Raspbian
apt-get install transmission-cli
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/transmission-remote transmission-remote powered by Commando

Remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission. More information: <https://transmissionbt.com>.

  • Add a torrent file or magnet link to Transmission and download to a specified directory:
    transmission-remote hostname -a torrent|url -w /path/to/download_directory
  • Change the default download directory:
    transmission-remote hostname -w /path/to/download_directory
  • List all torrents:
    transmission-remote hostname --list
  • Start torrent 1 and 2, stop torrent 3:
    transmission-remote hostname -t "1,2" --start -t 3 --stop
  • Remove torrent 1 and 2, and also delete local data for torrent 2:
    transmission-remote hostname -t 1 --remove -t 2 --remove-and-delete
  • Stop all torrents:
    transmission-remote hostname -t all --stop
  • Move torrents 1-10 and 15-20 to a new directory (which will be created if it does not exist):
    transmission-remote hostname -t "1-10,15-20" --move /path/to/new_directory

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