rcon

Source RCON client for the command line

TLDR

Send a single command

$ rcon -H [host] -p [port] -P [password] status

Multi-word server command

$ rcon -H [host] -p [port] -P [password] sm plugins list

Commands from stdin

$ status
sm plugins list
EOF```

**Use a saved server profile**

Alternate config file

$ rcon -c [~/.rconrc] -s [profile] status

# SYNOPSISrcon -H *host* -p *port* -P *password* [*command*...]rcon -s *profile* [*command*...]# DESCRIPTIONrcon is a command-line Source RCON client. It sends commands to a game server that exposes the Source RCON protocol and prints the reply on stdout. Extra argv words after the options are joined into one server command. Without a command on the argv, lines are read from stdin (lines starting with # are comments), so it can run script files.Build with CMake (needs libbsd, check, glib-2.0). Optional bash completion via INSTALL_BASH_COMPLETION=ON. Packages exist on several platforms (see repology).# PARAMETERS-H *host*

Server hostname or IP.

-p *port*

RCON port.

-P *password*

RCON password.

-s *profile*

Named server entry from the config file.

-c *file*

Config file path (default $HOME/.rconrc).

*command*...

Server command words (concatenated). Omit to read commands from stdin.

# CONFIGURATIONDefault config: $HOME/.rconrc. Define server profiles (host, port, password) and select them with -s. Prefer restricting file permissions (chmod 600) because credentials are stored in plain text.# CAVEATSRCON is not encrypted; passwords travel in cleartext on the network. Use only on trusted networks or tunnels. Exit status is 0 on success, non-zero on failure. Not related to Redis or other protocols named "RCON" outside Source engine games.# SEE ALSO[mcrcon](/man/mcrcon)(1), [netcat](/man/netcat)(1)# RESOURCES

$ Source code

# INSTALL

$ apk: sudo apk add rcon

$ nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rcon