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Is there command line BitTorrent Client in Linux? A PHP / Python script would be nice too.

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rTorrent is what you are after.

RH systems:

yum install rtorrent

Debian-like/Ubuntu systems:

apt-get install rtorrent

Visit this page for some useful tips on how to use rTorrent well

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You'll almost certainly want to run it in a GNU screen (or dtach, or tmux) session. – Xiong Chiamiov Jan 4 '11 at 20:28
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The Transmission suite includes transmission-daemon, which is the bittorent client, and transmission-remote, which controls transmission-daemon

transmission-daemon may also be controlled via a web browser or a REST interface.

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Another option is BTG, which runs as a daemon and has a number of frontends, including one that's built with ncurses.

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You might consider aria2. It is a pure CLI downloader which supports at least fetching over HTTP/HTTPS, Ftp and Bittorrent (maybe it can do more, this is what I used it for).

My second candidate would be rtorrent. It is not a pure CLI tool, it has a ncurses interface, but it runs fine in any terminal.

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BitTornado is a nice cross-platform BitTorrent client written in Python. It includes pure command line, nCurses, and GUI modes.

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I've recently switched from rTorrent to Deluge. I had several hundred torrents, and managing those with rTorrent is a PITA without a webgui (which I did not wish to run). Deluge's console interface isn't very useful, but you can run deluge-gtk on your machine and connect to the remote daemon (or even do so away from home with ssh port-forwarding).

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There are third party web GUIs for rtorrent. – vtest Jan 5 '11 at 10:06
Right, which means you have to run a webserver to serve up the XML-RPC that rTorrent generates. Hence, "a webgui (which I did not wish to run)". – Xiong Chiamiov Jan 22 '11 at 0:35
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http://studyhat.blogspot.com/2011/01/command-line-bittorrent-client-fedora.html try above link :)

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-1 for writing a blog post and posting a link to your own blog as opposed to just answering the question. – Jason Berg Jan 4 '11 at 7:08
@Jason Berg Its not help any one thanks for your negative on my blog – Rajat Jan 4 '11 at 7:14
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