=========================== rTorrent keyboard shortcuts =========================== First published at 5/25/2021 on https://defkey.com/rtorrent-shortcuts rTorrent is a text-based BitTorrent client. It's focused on "high performance" and "good code". As of this article written, latest stable release was 0.9.8 which is released in July 2019. rTorrent has 62 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Global ------ Ctrl + Q Initiate shutdown; press again to force shutdown Arrow keys Select entries / Change windows, views A Increase the upload throttle by 1 KB S Increase the upload throttle by 5 KB D Increase the upload throttle by 50 KB Shift + A Increase the download throttle by 1 KB Shift + S Increase the download throttle by 5 KB Shift + D Increase the download throttle by 50 KB Z Decrease the upload throttle by 1 KB X Decrease the upload throttle by 5 KB C Decrease the upload throttle by 50 KB Shift + Z Decrease the download throttle by 1 KB Shift + X Decrease the download throttle by 5 KB Shift + C Decrease the download throttle by 50 KB Main view --------- Right arrow Switch to Download view Ctrl + S Start download (will run hashing first, unless already done) Ctrl + K Stop and close a torrent and its files Ctrl + O Set new download directory for selected torrent (only works when torrent is inactive) - Decrease torrent priority + Increase torrent priority L View log. Exit with Space Shift + I Toggle ignore ratio for torrent 1 Change view > All downloads 2 Change view > All downloads, order by name 3 Change view > Started download 4 Change view > Stopped downloads 5 Change view > Completed downloads 6 Change view > Incomplete downloads 7 Change view > Hashing downloads 8 Change view > Seeding downloads Ctrl + D Stop an active download / Remove a stopped download Ctrl + R Start hash check for a torrent Ctrl + X Call commands or change settings Backspace Add torrent via URL or file path. Use Tab to do auto-complete. Wildcards can be used Enter Same as Backspace except the torrent remains inactive. Use Ctrl + S to activate Shift + U Delete the file torrent is tied to, and clear the association Download view ------------- Right arrow View torrent file list 1 Adjust max uploads 2 Adjust max uploads 3 Adjust min peers 4 Adjust min peers 5 Adjust max peers 6 Adjust max peers U Display tracker list I Display file list O Display torrent info P Display peer list T Initiate tracker request Shift + T Force initiate tracker request Left arrow Back to main view Tracker list view ----------------- Left arrow Switch to view selection * Enable / disable tracker Space Rotate trackers in a group Peer list view -------------- Left arrow / Right arrow View selection / peer details * Snub peer (stop uploading to this peer) K Kick peer (disconnect from peer) Shift + B Ban peer (unbanning is not possible). Version 0.8.4 and later File list view -------------- Left arrow Switch to view selection Right arrow Show file details Space Change the file priority; applies recursively when used on a directory * Change the priority of all files / Collapse directories. While collapsed, press right arrow to expand selected directory Source: blbl.dev Last modified on (UTC): Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Defkey © All rights reserved.