mcrcon

mcrcon is console based Minecraft rcon client for remote administration and server maintenance scripts.

Installing:

via packet manager:

See https://pkgs.org/download/mcrcon for available packages in various Linux distros (note that available packages might be outdated).

Gentoo Linux: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/games-util/mcrcon
Arch Linux: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mcrcon/

from sources:

git clone https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon.git
cd mcrcon
make
sudo make install

Check INSTALL.md for more details.

Precompiled binaries (if provided)*: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon/releases/latest

_{*At the moment binaries are provided for Linux and Windows.}

Usage:

mcrcon [OPTIONS] [COMMANDS]

Sends rcon commands to Minecraft server.

Option:
  -H            Server address (default: localhost)
  -P            Port (default: 25575)
  -p            Rcon password
  -t            Terminal mode
  -s            Silent mode
  -c            Disable colors
  -r            Output raw packets
  -w            Wait for specified duration (1 - 600 seconds) between each command
  -h            Print usage
  -v            Version information

Server address, port and password can be set using following environment variables:

MCRCON_HOST
MCRCON_PORT
MCRCON_PASS

Notes:

mcrcon will start in terminal mode if no commands are given
Command-line options will override environment variables
Rcon commands with spaces must be enclosed in quotes

Example: mcrcon -H my.minecraft.server -p password -w 2 "say Server is restarting!" save-all stop

Enable rcon on server

Remember to enable rcon by adding following lines to server.properties file.

enable-rcon=true
rcon.port=25575
rcon.password=your_rcon_pasword

Contact:

WWW: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon/
MAIL: tiiffi at gmail
IRC: tiiffi @ quakenet
BUG REPORTS: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon/issues/

License

This project is licensed under the zlib License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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