bzadmin(6)bzadmin(6)NAMEbzadmin - a text based client for BZFlag
SYNOPSISbzadmin [-help] [-hide msgtype{,msgtype}*] [-show msg-
type{,msgtype}*] [-ui {curses | stdboth | stdin | stdout}]
callsign@hostname:[port] [command] [command] ...
DESCRIPTIONbzadmin is a textbased client for the game BZFlag. It
can't be used for playing, but it can be used to see when
players join and leave the game, to see the chat messages,
and to send messages and commands to the server.
When you start bzadmin without any command line options
other than callsign and hostname a simple curses-based
user interface will be started (unless you built bzadmin
without curses support). This interface is divided into
three rectangles; the output window (which covers almost
all of the terminal), the target window, and the input
window.
The output window is where messages from the server will
be shown.
The target window shows the name of the player that will
receive your next message, or 'all' if it will be a public
message. You can change target by using the left and
right arrow keys.
The input window is where you type your messages. It also
supports tab completion of commands and callsigns. You can
clear the input window with the key combination Ctrl-U,
and you can generate a /kick command for the current tar-
get with the F5 key (if the current target is a player).
You can also generate a ban command for the current target
with the F6 key, but this only works if you are an admin
and the server has sent you that players IP address (as a
response to a /playerlist command).
The curses user interface also has a simple menu system
where you can edit the server variables (if you are an
admin) and see a player list. If you are an admin you can
also see the IP addresses in the player list, if you have
sent a /playerlist command. The menu shows up when you hit
the F2 key. It only covers the upper half of the screen,
so you can still see what's going on in the game. You can
navigate through the menu with the up and down arrow keys,
and use the enter key to select submenus and other menu
items. If you hit F2 again the command prompt will regain
keyboard focus, but the menu will still be visible. If you
hit F2 a third time the menu will go away.
Options
-help Show a simple help text.
-hide msgtype{,msgtype}*
Tell bzadmin not to show these mes-
sage types. The available message
types are chat, join, kill, leave,
pause, ping, rabbit, and spawn. By
default chat, join, kill, leave,
pause, and rabbit are shown.
-show msgtype{,msgtype}*
Tell bzadmin to show these message
types. See -hide for a list of
available message types. If a mes-
sage type is listed both in -show
and -hide it will not be shown.
-ui {curses | stdboth | stdin | stdout}
Select the user interface that you
want. The curses interface is the
default, and it is described above.
The stdin interface reads user com-
mands from the standard in stream
and sends them to the server. All
server output is ignored.
The stdout interface prints all
server output to the standard out
stream. All user input is ignored.
The stdboth interface is a combina-
tion of stdin and stdout - it prints
server output to the standard out
stream, and reads user commands from
the standard in stream.
callsign@hostname[:port]
Specifies the callsign that you want
your client to use, and the hostname
where the BZFlag server is. The port
number is optional, and the default
value is 5154.
command You can specify messages and com-
mands to send to the server on the
command line. If any such commands
are specified, bzadmin will exit as
soon as those commands has been
sent, without starting an user
interface.
Examples
bzadmin admin@localhost:5154
Join the game on localhost, port
5154, using the callsign 'admin'.
bzadmin admin@localhost '/passwd secretpass' '/ban
192.168.0.2'
Connect to the server at localhost
and ban the IP 192.168.0.2.
bzadmin-ui stdout spy@bzserver.xy | grep magicword
Connect to bzserver.xy and print all
server messages that contain 'magic-
word'.
SEE ALSObzfs(6), bzflag(6)bzadmin(6)
