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/