Linux Command Line Torrent Client – ctorrent

Want to directly download torrent via your remote linux server? use cTorrent (what are Torrents? here).

http://ctorrent.sourceforge.net/
http://www.rahul.net/dholmes/ctorrent/ (enhanced ctorrent).

*Tested on “CENTOS 5.3 i686″.

How to get started? – just copy and paste the below line of text into bash downloads installs everything!

wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dtorrent/ctorrent-dnh3.3.2.tar.gz && tar xzf ctorrent-dnh3.3.2.tar.gz && cd ctorrent-dnh3 && ./configure && make install && hash && ctorrent -h

usage -

ctorrent -s newfilename -e 12 -C 32 -p 6881 filename.torrent
//Press 'h' or '?' for help (display/control client options).

Done! Now you should see this screen w/ options (below).

Also check which ports are enabled by using “nmap”.

Install “nmap” (on CentOS 5.3) -

yum install nmap

Then run this cmd to see which active ports are enabled on your server.

nmap -sS -O 127.0.0.1

ctorrent

Tags: bash, centOS 5.3, command line, ctorrent, Linux, nmap, ports, torrents

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3 Responses to “Linux Command Line Torrent Client – ctorrent”

Vinoth says:

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NMAP is a great tool and this is one good example for that
admin says:

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thanks, yeah NMAP is great for this type thing.
GOfffer says:

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picktorrent.comMany thx to you! It works awesome! By the way, I’ve found http://www.picktorrent.com does anybody know something about it? You can download anything without registration! =) imho that is very useful one!