sort transmission-remote -l output

transmission-sorted

#!/bin/bash

# Default parameters
OptSortColumn=none
OptSortReverse=0
ProxyArguments=() 

# Parse parameters
for param in "$@"
do
	if echo "$param" | egrep -q "^--sort="
	then
		OptSortColumn="$(echo "$param" | cut -d= -f2)"

		if echo "$OptSortColumn" | egrep -q '^-(id|done|have|eta|up|down|ratio|status|name)$'
		then
			OptSortColumn="$(echo "$OptSortColumn" | tr -d "-")"
			OptSortReverse=1
		fi
	else
		ProxyArguments+=("$param")
	fi
done

# if sorting isn't given, just run transmission
if [ "$OptSortColumn" == "none" ]
then
	transmission-remote "$@"
	exit
fi

# Store transmission torrent table for manipulation
TorrentList="$(transmission-remote "$ProxyArguments")"

# Get sort key index
SortKey=$(echo "id done have eta up down ratio status name" \
| tr ' ' '\n' \
| cat -n \
| awk -v "key=$OptSortColumn" 'key == $2 { print $1 }')

# Account for Have column data having "two columns"
if [ "$SortKey" -gt 3 ]
then
	SortKey=$[ $SortKey + 1 ]
fi

# Render table header
echo "$TorrentList" \
| grep --color=never '^ID'

# Render sorted active torrents
for id in $(echo "$TorrentList" \
            | awk '($3 != "None" && ($1 != "ID" && $1 != "Sum:")) { gsub("*", "", $1); print $'$SortKey'" "$1 }' \
	    | sort -n $([ "$OptSortReverse" == 1 ] && echo -n "-r")\
            | awk '{print $2}')
do
	echo "$TorrentList" \
	| awk '$1 ~ /^'$id'\*?$/ {print $0}'
done

# Render inactive torrents
echo "$TorrentList" \
| awk '$3 == "None" {print $0}'

# Render table footer
echo "$TorrentList" \
| grep --color=never '^Sum:'

# set permissions
chmod +x transmission-sorted.sh

# examples
transmission-sorted.sh -l --sort=ratio
transmission-sorted.sh -l --sort=name