How can I download magnet links through the command line with rtorrent on Linux (Ubuntu)?
I know that I can
- Run
rtorrent - Hit Backspace
- Paste magnet link
- Hit Enter
However I want one or several command lines, not keyboard shortcuts.
3 Answers
I know this is pretty old but in case somebody else needs this answer:
rtorrent 'magnet link in quotes'then this will open up rtorrent with that link.
The rtorrent man page says it takes a 'URL|FILE' as the final option. Presumably that's the torrent URL. However it doesn't specify.
You can't do something like this:
echo -e "\b$URL" |rtorrentbecause it's going to close stdin immediately and cause rtorrent to exit.
But, if rtorrent is running in another terminal session, try this:
echo -e "\b$URL" > /proc/$(pidof rtorrent)/fd/0If you want to get the link straight from your clipboard, check out xsel or xclip. With xclip it would become
echo -e "\b$(xclip -o)" > /proc/$(pidof rtorrent)/fd/0Mac Version:As this answer is the first result for "How can I download magnet links through the command line Mac" on Google, I am going to add the procedure for downloading torrent from the terminal on mac.
- Open the terminal.
- Install Brew ()
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL )" - Write
brew install transmissiononce finished launchbrew install watch - Once finished launch the daemon:
transmission-daemon - Start the download with:
transmission-remote -a "url" - To have a visual update write:
watch "transmission-remote -l"(add the -n flag to specify an interval, the standard is 2 seconds)
For other uses there are several posts online such as: . This should work with some variations on Linux as Transmission is apparently distributed with its CLI on Ubuntu/Debian.
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