NAME

       steamcmd - Command-line interface for Valve's Steam

SYNOPSIS

       steamcmd

       for interactive mode, or either

       steamcmd [+<action 1>] [+<action 2>] [...]

       or

       steamcmd +runscript <script>.txt

       for automated mode.

DESCRIPTION

       Steam  (http://www.steampowered.com)  is  a  software  content delivery
       system  developed  by  Valve  software  (http://www.valvesoftware.com).
       There  is  some  free  software  available,  but  for the most part the
       content delivered is non-free.

       The Steam Console Client or SteamCMD is a command-line version  of  the
       Steam  client.  Its  primary  use  is  to  install  and  update various
       dedicated servers available on Steam using a command-line interface.

OPTIONS

       Some of the most useful options:

       +runscript
              run an external script.

       +login user pass provide Steam credentials

       +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows
              download Windows-only games on Linux

       +app_update <n>
              download game number <n>

       +force_install_dir <dir>
              install     the     game     somewhere     else     than      in
              ~/.steam/SteamApps/common

       +quit  end  steamcmd  session.  Without  this  the  tool will remain in
              interactive mode.

SAMPLE USE

       "steamcmd +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows +login  "$USER"  "$PASS"
       +app_update 2310 +quit"

       will dowload Quake1 in ~/.steam/SteamApps/common/Quake

       The    number    can    be    found    in    the   game   page's   url:
       http://store.steampowered.com/app/2310/ .

PATHS

       The original runtime is stored in /usr/lib/games/steam .
       A copy is made in ~/.steam/steamcmd the first  time  steamcmd  is  ran.
       steamcmd will then try to update itself each time it is started.

       This  copy will remain even after the steamcmd has been purged and must
       be manually removed.

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/steamcmd/steamcmdcommands.txt.gz for a complete list  of
       commands.

AUTHOR

       Copyright © 2015 Alexandre Detiste <alexandre@detiste.be> This man page
       was written for the Debian project, but may be used by others.

                                  2015-12-07                       steamcmd(6)