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mktorrent

A CLI utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files.

More information.

Create a torrent with 2^21 KB as the piece size:

mktorrent -a {tracker_announce_url} -l {21} -o {path/to/example.torrent} {path/to/file_or_directory}

Create a private torrent with a 2^21 KB piece size:

mktorrent -p -a {tracker_announce_url} -l {21} -o {path/to/example.torrent} {path/to/file_or_directory}

Create a torrent with a comment:

mktorrent -c "{comment}" -a {tracker_announce_url} -l {21} -o {path/to/example.torrent} {path/to/file_or_directory}

Create a torrent with multiple trackers:

mktorrent -a {tracker_announce_url,tracker_announce_url_2} -l {21} -o {path/to/example.torrent} {path/to/file_or_directory}

Create a torrent with web seed URLs:

mktorrent -a {tracker_announce_url} -w {web_seed_url} -l {21} -o {path/to/example.torrent} {path/to/file_or_directory}

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