How to download specific files / skip files in rtorrent or other linux program?

Question

I have been searching quite hard but cannot find an answer to this...

Are there any torrent programs out there for linux (centos) where you can skip certain files from the torrent OR download specific files? Or if not that skip files under or over a certain size?

I have checked rtorrent and bittorrent but neither seem to have this feature.

This needs to be automated so preferably like this:

./bittorrent --file='http://example.blah/filename.torrent' --skip'file1.jpg,file2.jpg' OR ./bittorrent --file='http://example.blah/filename.torrent' --skip > 1MB

I appreciate your answers :)

thanks!

Answer 1

rtorrent does allow you to control which file from a torrent to download from the 'File list' view. From the main view get there by selecting the particular torrent using up/down arrow keys so it is stared, then hit right arrow to view details, then down arrow to select 'File list', followed by right arrow to allow you to navigate the file list. Once you are in the list of files you move up/down with the arrows keys to select the file in question. Then hit the space-bar to toggle through the 'file priority' options of whether the file is 'hig' (i.e. High priority),'off' (i.e. don't download), or blank (i.e. 'normal'). The 'off' setting allows you skip the file(s) in question.