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.