Control-q : closes rTorrent, done twice makes the program shutdown without waiting to send stopping information to the trackers.

Left arrow : returns to the previous screen.

Right arrow : goes to the next screen.

a|s|d : increase global upload throttle about 1|5|50 KB/s

A|S|D : increase global download throttle about 1|5|50 KB/s

z|x|c : decrease global upload throttle about 1|5|50 KB/s

Z|X|C : decrease global download throttle about 1|5|50 KB/s

Control-S : starts download

Control-D : stops an active download, removes a stopped download.

+ or - : changes the download priority of selected torrent.

Backspace : adds the specified .torrent. After pressing this button write full path or URL of .torrent file. You can use Tab and other tricks from bash.