transmission-create(1)

transmission-create1

Command-line utility to create .torrent files

Usage

transmission-create [-h] [-p] [-o file] [-c comment] [-t tracker] [-s piece-size-KiB] [source file or directory]

Overview

transmission-create creates BitTorrent .torrent files from the command line

Options

-h --help

Show a short help page and exit.

-o --outfile

Save the generated .torrent to this filename.

-p --private

Flag the torrent as intended for use on private trackers.

-c --comment

Add a comment to the torrent file.

-s --piecesize

Set how many KiB each piece should be, overriding the preferred default

-r --source

Set the torrent's source for private trackers

-t --tracker

Add a tracker's announce URL to the .torrent. Most torrents will have at least one announce URL. To add more than one, use this option multiple times.

--anonymize

Omit the optional "created by" and "created date" keys from the generated torrent which otherwise default to the Transmission version number and the current date.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8–9
  3. 10
  4. 11–12
  5. 13–Arch

--anonymize since Debian 13 (Trixie); --piecesize since Debian 8 (Jessie); --source since Debian 13 (Trixie); -r since Debian 13 (Trixie); -s since Debian 8 (Jessie).

Authors

Charles Kerr and Mike Gelfand.

From transmission-cli 4.1.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.