deluge - Man Page

A BitTorrent client

Examples (TL;DR)

Download a torrent: deluge url|magnet|path/to/file
Download a torrent using a specific configuration file: deluge -c path/to/configuration_file url|magnet|path/to/file
Download a torrent and launch the specified user interface: deluge -u gtk|web|console url|magnet|path/to/file
Download a torrent and output the log to a file: deluge -l path/to/log_file url|magnet|path/to/file

Synopsis

deluge [options] [torrent-file]

Description

Deluge utilizes a client/server model, with deluged being the daemon process and deluge being used to launch a user-interface.

By default, Deluge will run in Standalone mode where the daemon functionality will be hidden. You can switch to Thinclient mode in the Preferences dialog.

Options

Config Options

-c path, --config=path: Set the config directory location.

UI Options

See deluge -h for available user interfaces.

user_interface [ui-args] Alternative UI to launch, with optional ui args
-s default_ui, --set-default-ui=default_ui: Sets the default UI to be run when no UI is specified

Logging Options

-l file, --logfile=file: Output to specified logfile instead of stdout
-L loglevel, --loglevel=loglevel: Set the log level (default is error): none, info, warning, error, debug
-q, --quiet: Sets the log level to none, same as -L none
--logrotate[=max-size]: Enable logfile rotation, with optional maximum logfile size, default: 2M (Logfile rotation count is 5)
--profile[=file]: Profile with cProfile. Outputs to stdout unless a filename is specified