Ktorrent
From ArchWiki
Ktorrent is a the BitTorrent client for KDE.
Installation
Install ktorrent package.
Script to manage it in command line
Since Ktorrent is a GUI only application, fortunately has a DBUS interface, so you can use scripts to manage it in command line (i.e. from SSH).
Here is the script that I use. I have found it on internet on an OpenSuse forum (made by amaurea) and I integrated new commands to set max upload/download speed and to suspend/resume ktorrent activity.
#!/bin/bash
#
# Public domain script by amaurea/amaur on IRC (freenode for example).
# Modified by trapanator to support download/upload rate setting and
# to suspend/resume ktorrent network activity
#
# gary example
# qdbus org.ktorrent.ktorrent /core startAll
case $1 in
help)
echo "kt: A simple console interface for ktorrent.
Usage: In the following \"id\" indicates either a torrent hash or index.
[] indicates optional arguments.
kt start [id]: If ktorrent is not running, start it. Otherwise,
if id is given, start that torrent, otherwise start
all torrents.
kt quit: Quit ktorrent.
kt load url: Load the torrent given by url. Note that the torrent must
be manually startet afterwards.
kt ls: Print a list of all torrents, of the format: index hash name.
kt info [id]: Print more detailed info about the selected (or all)
torrent(s).
kt stop [id]: Stop the torrent given by id, or all if id is missing.
kt name [id]: Like ls, but names only.
kt remove id: Remove the torrent given by id (but not the actual files).
kt clear: Remove all torrents.
kt files [id]: List information about the files of the selected torrent.
kt pri [id] [priority]: Give the selected torrent the given priority.
kt pri [id] [file index] [priority]: Set the priority of the given file.
kt pri [id] equal: Give all files of the torrent the same priority.
kt pri [id] first: Download the first files in the torrent first.
kt stu [n] set upload rate to n.
kt sdu [n] set download rate to n.
kt suspend suspend all torrents.
kt resume resume all torrents."
exit ;;
esac
pid=$(pidof ktorrent)
if [ ! $pid ]; then
case "$1" in
start)
ktorrent --display :0.0 ;;
*)
echo "ktorrent is not running!" ;;
esac
exit
fi
eval "export $(cat /proc/$(pidof ktorrent)/environ | perl -pne 's/\0/\n/g' | fgrep -a DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS)"
loc="org.ktorrent.ktorrent"
cmd="qdbus $loc"
case "$1" in
stu)
if [ "$2" ]; then
qdbus org.ktorrent.ktorrent /settings setMaxUploadRate $2
qdbus org.ktorrent.ktorrent /settings apply
else echo "upload rate missing!" ; fi ;;
std)
if [ "$2" ]; then
qdbus org.ktorrent.ktorrent /settings setMaxDownloadRate $2
qdbus org.ktorrent.ktorrent /settings apply
else echo "download rate missing!" ; fi ;;
suspend)
qdbus org.ktorrent.ktorrent /core org.ktorrent.core.setSuspended true ;;
resume)
qdbus org.ktorrent.ktorrent /core org.ktorrent.core.setSuspended false ;;
load)
res=`$cmd /core loadSilently "$2" 1` ;;
list|ls)
torrents=`$cmd /core torrents`
i=0
for torrent in $torrents; do
name=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent name`
printf "%d %s %s\n" $i $torrent "$name"
i=$(($i+1))
done ;;
info)
if [ "$2" ]; then
if (( ${#2} < 4 )); then
torrents=(`$cmd /core torrents`)
torrents=${torrents[$2]}
else torrents=$2; fi
else torrents=`$cmd /core torrents`; fi
i=0
for torrent in $torrents; do
name=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent name`
size=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent totalSize`
dsize=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent bytesToDownload`
prog=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent bytesDownloaded`
speed=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent downloadSpeed`
seed=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent seedersConnected`
leech=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent leechersConnected`
priority=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent priority`
sl=`printf "[%d|%d]" $seed $leech`
pri=`printf "(%d)" $priority`
printf "%3.0lf%% of %11d %4.0lf kb/s %8s %4s %s\n" $((100*$prog/$dsize)) $dsize $(($speed/1000)) $sl $pri "$name"
i=$(($i+1))
done ;;
name|stop|start|remove|files)
if (( ${#2} < 4 )); then
torrents=(`$cmd /core torrents`)
torrent=${torrents[$2]}
else torrent=$2; fi
case "$1" in
name)
$cmd /torrent/$torrent name ;;
start)
if [ "$2" ]; then res=`$cmd /core start $torrent`
else res=`$cmd /core startAll`; fi;;
stop)
if [ "$2" ]; then res=`$cmd /core stop $torrent`
else res=`$cmd /core stopAll`; fi;;
remove)
# qdbus boolean bug workaround: use dbus-send instead
res=`dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=$loc /core org.ktorrent.core.remove string:"$torrent" boolean:false` ;;
files)
n=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent numFiles`
for (( i=0; i < $n; i++ )); do
path=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent filePath $i`
pct=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent filePercentage $i`
size=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent fileSize $i`
priority=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent filePriority $i`
printf "%d %3.0lf%% of %11d [%d] %s\n" $i $pct $size $priority "$path"
done ;;
esac ;;
pri|priority|prioritize)
if [ $3 ]; then
if (( ${#2} < 4 )); then
torrents=(`$cmd /core torrents`)
torrent=${torrents[$2]}
else torrent=$2; fi
if [ ! $torrent ]; then exit; fi
n=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent numFiles`
if [ $4 ]; then
res=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $3 $4`
else
case $3 in
equal|equalize)
for (( i=0; i < $n; i++ )); do
res=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i 40`
done ;;
inc|increasing)
for (( i=0; i < $n; i++ )); do
pri=`printf "%2.0lf" $(((4*$i/$n+3)*10))`
res=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i $pri`
done ;;
dec|decreasing)
for (( i=0; i < $n; i++ )); do
pri=`printf "%2.0lf" $(((4*($n-$i-1)/$n+3)*10))`
res=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i $pri`
done ;;
first)
m=$(($n < 3 ? $n : 3))
for (( i=0; i < $m; i++ )); do
res=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i $(((6-$i)*10))`
done
for (( i=3; i < $n; i++ )) do
res=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i 30`
done ;;
*)
res=`$cmd /torrent/$torrent setPriority $3` ;;
esac
fi
else echo Too few arguments!; fi ;;
clear)
torrents=`$cmd /core torrents`
for torrent in $torrents; do
res=`dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=$loc /core org.ktorrent.core.remove string:"$torrent" boolean:false`
done ;;
quit)
res=`$cmd /MainApplication quit` ;;
*)
echo "Unrecognized command: '$1'" ;;
esac