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pirate-get
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pirate-get is a convenient command line tool (inspired by APT) to speed up your trip to the Pirate Bay and get your completely legal torrents more quickly.
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Tested on Arch Linux mostly. It should work on any other Linux too. Let me know if it doesn't. (--local option hasn't been tested recently)
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Installation
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Make sure you have python 2 installed.
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Run install.sh
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Usage
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```
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usage: pirate-get [-h] [-t] [--local DATABASE] [-p PAGES] search_term
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Finds and downloads torrents from the Pirate Bay
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positional arguments:
search_term The term to search for
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
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-t call transmission-remote to start the download
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--local DATABASE An xml file containing the Pirate Bay database
-p PAGES The number of pages to fetch (doesn't work with --local)
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```
If you want to use a local copy of the Pirate Bay database download a copy here (or wherever the latest version is currently):
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/8156416
