How can I download magnet links through the command line with rtorrent on Linux?
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.
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$URL" |rtorrent
because it's going to close stdin immediately and cause rtorrent to exit.
But, if rtorrent is running in another terminal session, try this:
echo -e "\b$URL" > /proc/$(pidof rtorrent)/fd/0
If you want to get the link straight from your clipboard, check out xsel or xclip. With xclip it would become
echo -e "\b$(xclip -o)" > /proc/$(pidof rtorrent)/fd/0