transmission-remote

TLDR

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

$ transmission-remote [hostname] -a [torrent|url] -w [/path/to/download_directory]

Change the default download directory

$ transmission-remote [hostname] -w [/path/to/download_directory]

List all torrents

$ transmission-remote [hostname] --list

Start torrent 1 and 2, stop torrent 3

$ transmission-remote [hostname] -t "[1,2]" --start -t [3] --stop

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

$ transmission-remote [hostname] -t [1] --remove -t [2] --remove-and-delete

Stop all torrents

$ transmission-remote [hostname] -t [all] --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 "[1-10,15-20]" --move [/path/to/new_directory]