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HELICAL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COMMANDS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

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