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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/

0.2								    2009-09-04								HELICAL(1)