NAME¶
helical - control Bittorrent client Transmission from command line
SYNOPSIS¶
helical [options] [[hostname][:port]] [command]
DESCRIPTION¶
helical is a remote control utility for Bittorrent client Transmission.
By default,
helical connects to the Transmission session at
localhost:9091. Other sessions can be controlled by specifying a different
hostname and/or
port.
helical operates in two modes: from command line and in interactive mode.
To run
helical in interactive mode start it without a
command.
For the commands list please refer to
COMMANDS section.
OPTIONS¶
- -u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
- Authentication username.
- -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
- Authentication password.
COMMANDS¶
- add torrent-file | URL [target-dir
paused=( yes|no) peer-limit=#]
- Add a torrent specified by torrent-file or URL to the
transfer list. Use target-dir as download location for torrent. Set
paused to yes or no, to start or stop torrent
activity respectively. Add peer-limit option to specify maximum
number of peers.
- exit, quit
- Exit from helical.
- info [torrent-id, ...]
- Get details for a torrent. If no torrent-id is provided, all
torrents are displayed.
- list
- List all torrent transfers.
- remove torrent-id [, ...]
- Remove one or more torrents from the transfer list.
- session get | stats
- Get session parameters or session statistics.
- start torrent-id [, ...]
- Start one or more queued torrent transfers.
- stop torrent-id [, ...]
- Stop one or more active torrent transfers.
- verify torrent-id [, ...]
- Verify one or more torrent transfers.
AUTHOR¶
Erik Svensson
SEE ALSO¶
transmissioncli(1),
transmission-daemon(1),
transmission-remote(1)
http://www.transmissionbt.com/