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Main#

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Usage
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    torrentfile [options] command [command options]

Command line tools for creating, editing, checking, building and interacting with Bittorrent metainfo files
Options
-h, –help show this help message and exit
-i, –interactive select program options interactively
-q, –quiet Turn off all text output.
-V, –version show program version and exit
Commands
create, edit, info, magnet, recheck, rebuild 
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create (c, new)      Create a new Bittorrent file.
    edit (e)             Edit existing torrent meta file.
    info (i)             Show detailed information about a torrent file.
    magnet (m)           Generate magnet url from an existing Bittorrent meta file.
    recheck (check)      Gives a detailed look at how much of the torrent is available.
    rebuild (build)      Re-assemble files obtained from a bittorrent file into the
                        appropriate file structure for re-seeding.  Read documentation
                        for more information, or use cases.

Create#

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Usage
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torrentfile [options] create
    [-h] [-a`<url>` [`<url>` ...]] [-p]
    [-s `<source>`] [-m] [-c `<comment>`]
    [-o `<path>`] [--cwd] [--prog PROGRESS]
    [--meta-version `<int>`]
    [--piece-length `<int>`]
    [-w `<url>` [`<url>` ...]]
    [--http-seed `<url>` [`<url>` ...]]
    [`<content>`]
Positional Arguments
<content> Path to content file or directory
Options
-h, –help show this help message and exit
-a<url> [<url> …], -t <url> [<url> …], –announce <url> [<url> …], –tracker <url> [<url> …]
One or more space-seperated torrent tracker url(s).
-p, –private Creates private torrent with multi-tracker and DHT turned off.
-s<source>, –source <source>
Add a source string. Useful for cross-seeding.
-m, –magnet
-c<comment>, –comment <comment>
Include a comment in file metadata
-o<path>, –out <path>
Explicitly specify the path to write the file.
–cwd, –current*deprecated* Saving to current directory is default behaviour
–prog PROGRESS, –progress PROGRESS
Set the progress bar level.
Options = 0, 1
(0) = Do not display progress bar.
(1) = Display progress bar.(default) 
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--meta-version`<int>`   Bittorrent metafile version.
                        Options = 1, 2, 3
                        (1) = Bittorrent v1 (Default)
                        (2) = Bittorrent v2
                        (3) = Bittorrent v1 & v2 hybrid

--piece-length`<int>`   (Default: `<blank>`) Number of bytes for per chunk of data transmitted
                        by Bittorrent client. Acceptable values include integers 14-26 which
                        will be interpreted as a perfect power of 2.  e.g. 14 = 16KiB pieces.
                        Examples:: [--piece-length 14] [--piece-length 20]

-w`<url>` [`<url>` ...], --web-seed `<url>` [`<url>` ...]
                        list of web addresses where torrent data exists (GetRight).
    --http-seed `<url>` [`<url>` ...]
                        list of URLs, addresses where content can be found (Hoffman).

Edit#

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Usage
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torrentfile e [-h] [--tracker`<url>` [`<url>` ...]]
                    [--web-seed `<url>` [`<url>` ...]] [--private]
                    [--comment `<comment>`] [--source `<source>`]
                    <*.torrent>
Positional Arguments
<*.torrent> path to *.torrent file
Optional Arguments
-h, –help show this help message and exit
–tracker<url> [<url> …] Replace current list of tracker/announce urls with one or more space
seperated Bittorrent tracker announce url(s). 
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--web-seed`<url>` [`<url>` ...]  Replace current list of web-seed urls with one or more space seperated url(s)

--private                     Make torrent private.
--comment`<comment>`           Replaces any existing comment with `<comment>`
--source `<source>`             Replaces current source with `<source>`

Recheck#

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Usage
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torrentfile r [-h] <*.torrent>`<content>`
Positional Arguments
<*.torrent> path to .torrent file.
<content> path to content file or directory
Optional Arguments
-h, –help show this help message and exit

Magnet#

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Usage
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torrentfile m [-h] <*.torrent>
Positional Arguments
<*.torrent> Path to Bittorrent meta file.
Optional Arguments
-h, –help show this help message and exit