transmission-remote Command Examples

Remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission. More information: https://manned.org/transmission-remote.

• Add a torrent file or magnet link to Transmission and download to a specified directory:

transmission-remote {{hostname}} {{[-a|--all]}} {{torrent|url}} {{[-w|--download-dir]}} {{/path/to/download_directory}}

• Change the default download directory:

transmission-remote {{hostname}} {{[-w|--download-dir]}} {{/path/to/download_directory}}

• List all torrents:

transmission-remote {{hostname}} {{[-l|--list]}}

• Start torrent 1 and 2, stop torrent 3:

transmission-remote {{hostname}} {{[-t|--torrent]}} "1,2" {{[-s|--start]}} {{[-t|--torrent]}} 3 {{[-S|--stop]}}

• Remove torrent 1 and 2, and also delete local data for torrent 2:

transmission-remote {{hostname}} {{[-t|--torrent]}} 1 {{[-r|--remove]}} {{[-t|--torrent]}} 2 {{[-rad|--remove-and-delete]}}

• Stop all torrents:

transmission-remote {{hostname}} {{[-t|--torrent]}} {{all}} {{[-S|--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|--torrent]}} "1-10,15-20" --move {{/path/to/new_directory}}