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The command line interface for WebTorrent. Supports magnets, urls, info hashes and .torrent files.

# To download a torrent:
webtorrent download "<torrent_id>"

# To stream a torrent to VLC media player:
webtorrent download "<torrent_id>" --vlc

# To stream a torrent to a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device:
webtorrent download "<torrent_id>" --dlna

# To display a list of files for a specific torrent:
webtorrent download "<torrent_id>" --select

# To specify a file index from the torrent to download:
webtorrent download "<torrent_id>" --select <index>

# To seed a specific file or directory:
webtorrent seed <path/to/file_or_directory>

# To create a new torrent file for the specified file path:
webtorrent create <path/to/file>

# To display information for a magnet uri or .torrent file:
webtorrent info <path/to/file_or_magnet>