peerflix:tldr:5cad8

peerflix: Stream the largest file in a torrent, given as a torrent URL, to VLC.

peerflix

$ peerflix "${http:--example-net-music-torrent}" --vlc

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The command is using the program peerflix to stream a torrent file from the specified URL and play it using VLC media player.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

peerflix: This is the name of the program that allows streaming torrents.

${http:--example-net-music-torrent}: This is the URL of the torrent file. It's enclosed in double quotes to form a string. The ${http:--example-net-music-torrent} syntax is often used in shell scripts to substitute a variable. However, in this case, it seems like the URL itself contains some special characters, so it might be just a literal string.

--vlc: This is an option passed to the peerflix command, specifying that the media player to be used for streaming is VLC.

So, when you run this command, it will initiate the streaming of the torrent file from the specified URL using peerflix, and the streamed content will be played in VLC media player.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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