torkify − Shell wrapper to simplify the use of the torkify(8) library to transparently allow an application to use a SOCKS proxy. Basically a renamed, patched torkify.
torkify [application [application’s arguments]]
or torkify [on|off]
or torkify
torkify is a wrapper between the torksocks library and the application what you would like to run socksified.
[application [application’s arguments]]
run the application as specified with the environment (LD_PRELOAD) set such that torkify(8) will transparently proxy SOCKS connections in that program
This script was created by Tamas SZERB <toma AT rulez DOT org> for the debian package of torify. It (along with this manual page) have since been adapted into the main torify project and modified. Torkify is a modified copy for the TorK project.