---
name: "transmission-remote-cli"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "transmission-remote-cli"
version: "1.7.0-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/transmission-remote-cli"
---

# transmission-remote-cli(1)

a console client for the Transmission BitTorrent client

## NAME

transmission-remote-cli - a console client for the Transmission BitTorrent client

## SYNOPSIS

**transmission-remote-cli** \[*options*\] \[*filename-or-URL*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

**transmission-remote-cli** is a curses interface for the daemon of the BitTorrent client Transmission.

## OPTIONS

- \--version

  **Show version number and exit**

- \-h --help

  **Show usage information and a list of options**

- \-c *CONNECTION* **--connect=***CONNECTION*

  **Point to the server. *CONNECTION* must match the following pattern:**\
   \[username:password@\]host\[:port\]\[path\]\
   Default: localhost:9091

- \-s --ssl

  **Use SSL to connect to the server.**\
   Default: don't use SSL

- \--create-config

  **Create configuration file with default values.**\
   *NOTE:* A config file won't be created unless you provide this option at least once. After that, it is rewritten whenever transmission-remote-cli exits.

- \-f *CONFIGFILE* **--config=***CONFIGFILE*

  Set path to configuration file.\
   Default: ~/.config/transmission-remote-cli/settings.cfg

- \-n --netrc

  **Get authentication info from ~/.netrc.**

- \-- *OPTIONS*

  **Use the known server connection to pass *OPTIONS* on to** **transmission-remote**.

## FILES

transmission-remote-cli overwrites the configuration file on exit. Keep that in mind if you edit it manually.

## SEE ALSO

[**transmission-create**(1)](/transmission-create/1.md), [**transmission-daemon**(1)](/transmission-daemon/1.md), [**transmission-edit**(1)](/transmission-edit/1.md), [**transmission-gtk**(1)](/transmission-gtk/1.md), [**transmission-qt**(1)](/transmission-qt/1.md), [**transmission-remote**(1)](/transmission-remote/1.md), [**transmission-show**(1)](/transmission-show/1.md).