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I'm using mktorrent, but I'm having problems with it since it doesn't hash the files in the directory for some weird reason...

I'm looking for a replacement specifically for command line

allenskd
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How about ctorrent?

sudo apt-get install ctorrent
ctorrent -t -u "http://tracker.example.com:6969/announce" -s example.torrent file_or_dir_to_upload

It's also a very good client.

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johnsyweb
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Transmission can do it:

$ ./transmission-create --help
Usage: transmission-create [options] <file|directory>

Options:

 -h --help              Display this help page and exit
 -p --private           Allow this torrent to only be used with the specified tracker(s)
 -o --outfile <file>    Save the generated .torrent to this filename
 -c --comment <comment> Add a comment
 -t --tracker <url>     Add a tracker's announce URL
 -V --version           Show version number and exit

an example could be:

transmission-create -o /var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads/files.torrent -c "My comments" -t udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80 ~/torrent/complete/my_file_or_directory_to_share.extension

you can find more documentation here

Philippe Gachoud
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user13029
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py3createtorrent

Description:

Create torrents via command line!

py3createtorrent is a comprehensive shell/commandline utility for creating torrents (Linux & Windows). It's a GPL-licensed Python v3.1 script.

robert
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Buildtorrent

sudo apt-get install buildtorrent

From synaptic:

Description: command line torrent creation program

buildtorrent is a torrent file creation program. Given an announce url and an input file or directory, buildtorrent generates an output .torrent file that can be used by torrent clients.

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sagarchalise
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You can use torrenttools.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fbdtemme/torrenttools
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install torrenttools

Create BitTorrent metafiles.
Usage: torrenttools create [OPTIONS] target

Positionals:
  target <path>                    Target filename or directory


Options:
  -h,--help                        Print this help message and exit
  -v,--protocol <protocol>         Set the bittorrent protocol to use.
                                   Options are 1, 2 or hybrid. [default: 1]
  -o,--output <path>               Set the filename and/or output directory of the created file.
                                   [default: <name>.torrent]
                                   Use a path with trailing slash to only set the output directory.
  -a,--announce <url>...           Add one or multiple announces urls.
                                   Multiple trackers will be added in seperate tiers by default. 
                                   Use square brackets to groups urls in a single tier:
                                   eg. "--announce url1 [url1 url2]"
  -g,--announce-group <name>...    Add the announce-urls defined from an announce group specified in the configuration file.
                                   Multiple groups can be passed. eg. "--announce-group group1 group2"
  -w,--web-seed <url>...           Add one or multiple HTTP/FTP urls as seeds.
  -d,--dht-node <host:port>...     Add one or multiple DHT nodes.
  -c,--comment <string>            Add a comment.
  -p,--private <[on|off]>          Set the private flag to disable DHT and PEX.
  -l,--piece-size <size[K|M]>      Set the piece size.
                                   When no unit is specified block size will be either 2^<n> bytes,
                                   or <n> bytes if n is larger or equal to 16384.
                                   Piece size must be a power of two in range [16K, 64M].
                                   Leave empty or set to auto to determine by total file size. [default: auto]
  -s,--source <source>             Add a source tag to facilitate cross-seeding.
  -n,--name <name>                 Set the name of the torrent. This changes the filename for single file torrents 
                                   or the root directory name for multi-file torrents.
                                   [default: <basename of target>]
  -t,--threads <n>                 Set the number of threads to use for hashing pieces. [default: 2]
  --checksum <algorithm>...        Include a per file checksum of given algorithm.
  --no-creation-date               Do not include the creation date.
  --creation-date <ISO-8601|POSIX time>
                                   Override the value of the creation date field as ISO-8601 time or POSIX time.
                                   eg.: "2021-01-22T18:21:46+0100"
  --no-created-by                  Do not include the name and version of this program.
  --created-by <string>            Override the value of the created by field.
  --include <regex>...             Only add files matching given regex to the metafile.
  --exclude <regex>...             Do not add files matching given regex to the metafile.
  --include-hidden                 Do not skip hidden files.
  --io-block-size <size[K|M]>      The size of blocks read from storage.
                                   Must be larger or equal to the piece size.

Disclaimer: I am the author of this tool.

See the documentation for more information and examples.

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