Torrent is one of the famous peer to peer file sharing application that has been used by millions of users world wide. Torrent has been blocked in many nations because of many reasons. There is an application with which you can download the torrent file in Linux Terminal.
To download the torrent file user needs applications such as utorrent, Bit Torrent and many more. There is an application existing already known as Transmission in Linux for this purpose but the user can do the same with Terminal.
Youtube videos can also be downloaded from terminal with simple application known as youtube-dl. Likewise there is an application used to download the torrent file from Internet.
The application is known as #rtorrent you can install it with apt-get (Ubuntu) or yum (Fedora). Once installed, to run the application
Type rtorrent in terminal and press enter.
The terminal will show load.normal> in Terminal which shows the application has loaded up.
Copy the torrent file URL and press Enter and select the torrent files available using the Up or Down arrow keys, * indicates selected item.
To initate the download press Ctrl+S and to stop press Ctrl+D and to quit rtorrent press Ctrl+Q.
For better understanding on how to use the tool visit this youtube URL.
P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to be misused.
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