removecompletedtorrents.sh

#!/bin/sh
# script to check for complete torrents in transmission folder, then stop and move them
# either hard-code the MOVEDIR variable here?

# ?or set MOVEDIR using the first command-line argument
# MOVEDIR=%1

# use transmission-remote to get torrent list from transmission-remote list
# use sed to delete first / last line of output, and remove leading spaces
# use cut to get first field from each line
TORRENTLIST=`transmission-remote --list | sed -e '1d;$d;s/^ *//' | cut -s -d ' ' -f1 `
# for each torrent in the list
for TORRENTID in $TORRENTLIST
do
  TORRENTID=`echo "$TORRENTID" | sed 's:*::'`
  # removes asterisk * from torrent ID# which had error associated with it
  echo "* * * * * Operations on torrent ID $TORRENTID starting. * * * * *"
  # check if torrent download is completed
  DL_COMPLETED=`transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --info | grep "Percent Done: 100%"`
  # check torrent's current state is "Stopped", "Finished", or "Idle"
  STATE_STOPPED=`transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --info | grep "State: Stopped\|Finished\|Idle\|Seeding"`
  # if the torrent is "Stopped", "Finished", or "Idle" after downloading 100%?
  MOVEDIR=`transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --info | grep "Location:" | sed s/\ \ Location:\ // | sed s/-incomplete//`
  MOVEDIR="${MOVEDIR}-complete"
  if [ "$DL_COMPLETED" != "" ] && [ "$STATE_STOPPED" != "" ]; then
    # move the files and remove the torrent from Transmission
    echo "Torrent #$TORRENTID is completed."
    echo "Moving downloaded file(s) to $MOVEDIR."
    transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --move $MOVEDIR
    chmod -R a+rwx $MOVEDIR/*
    echo "Removing torrent from list."
    transmission-remote --torrent $TORRENTID --remove
  else
    echo "Torrent #$TORRENTID is not completed. Ignoring."
  fi
  echo "* * * * * Operations on torrent ID $TORRENTID completed. * * * * *"
done