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DupScout Server Command Line Utility

In addition to the web-based management interface, DupScout Server provides a command line utility allowing one to control one or more DupScout Servers locally or via the network. The DupScout command line utility is located in the <ProductDir>/bin directory.

DupScout Server Command Line Syntax:

dupscout -server_show_commands

Shows duplicate files search commands configured in DupScout Server.

dupscout -server_start_command <Command Name>

Starts the specified duplicate files search command.

dupscout -server_stop_command <Command Name>

Stops the specified duplicate files search command.

dupscout -server_command_status <Command Name>

Shows the current status of a duplicate files search command.

dupscout -server_command_errors <Command Name>

Shows process errors for a duplicate files search command.

dupscout -server_delete_command <Command Name>

Deletes the specified duplicate files search command.

dupscout -server_export_reports -reports_dir <Directory>

Exports duplicate files reports to the specified directory.

dupscout -server_import_reports -reports_dir <Directory>

Imports duplicate files reports from the specified directory.

dupscout -server_status

Shows the current DupScout Server status.

dupscout -server_debug_log

Shows the DupScout Server debug log.

dupscout -v

Shows the product major version, minor version, revision and build date.

dupscout -help

This command shows the command line usage information.

Options:

-host <Host Name>

Specifies the host name or an IP address of DupScout Server to connect to. If not specified, the command line utility will connect to the local host.

-port <Port Number>

Specifies the TCP/IP port to connect to. If not specified, the command line utility will connect to the default DupScout Server TCP/IP port 9126.

-user <User Name>

Specifies a user name to login to DupScout Server. If not specified, the command line utility will login using the default 'admin' user name.

-password <Password>

Specifies a password to login to DupScout Server. If not specified, the command line utility will login using the default 'admin' password.

DupScout News

3-Jun-2026

DupScout v18.2 improves the performance and the fault tolerance of the duplicate files search operations and improves the duplicate files search progress dialog. In addition, the new product version improves support for Unicode characters in file search rules and regular expressions, improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.

12-May-2026

DupScout v18.1 adds a new, adaptive duplicate files search mode, adds support for new file types to the built-in file classification plug-ins allowing one to search specific types of duplicate files and improves the duplicate files search statistics pie charts. In addition, the new version improves the duplicate files search options dialog, improves the DupScout command line utility and fixes a number of bugs.

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