General Options

The carml command itself takes a few options that are common to all sub-commands.

--connect, -c

How to connect to Tor. This accepts a Twisted endpoint client string as well as just a port. The default is localhost:9151 (Tor Browser Bundle default). Some examples:

$ carml --connect 9151
$ carml --connect 127.0.0.1:9051
$ carml --connect tcp:port=9051:host=127.0.0.1

If you use password authentication, you can supply one with --password or -p. If you’re on the same machine, use cookie authentication instead.

--quiet, -q

As little output as possible on standard out. Warnings may still be printed on standard error.

--info, -i

Print Tor version when we connect, and whether it is dormant or not.

--color, C

Whether to output colors or not. Can be auto (the default), no or always. You can also use the separate option --no-color which is the same as --color=no

--timestamps, -t

Prepend messages with a timestamp.

--debug, -d

If there’s an error, print the stack trace out along with the error message; could be useful for bug-reports and development.

The Subcommands

Similar to programs like git, the real functionality of carml is in the sub-commands. They all take their own options (but obey global options listed above). You can get any help on a command with the help subcommand, like: carml help subcommand