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DiskSorter Server Command Line Utility

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

DiskSorter Server Command Line Syntax:

disksorter -server_show_commands

Shows file classification commands configured in DiskSorter Server.

disksorter -server_start_command <Command Name>

Starts the specified file classification command.

disksorter -server_stop_command <Command Name>

Stops the specified file classification command.

disksorter -server_command_status <Command Name>

Shows the current status of a file classification command.

disksorter -server_command_errors <Command Name>

Shows process errors for a file classification command.

disksorter -server_delete_command <Command Name>

Deletes the specified file classification command.

disksorter -server_export_reports -reports_dir <Directory>

Exports file classification reports to the specified directory.

disksorter -server_import_reports -reports_dir <Directory>

Imports file classification reports from the specified directory.

disksorter -server_status

Shows the current DiskSorter Server status.

disksorter -server_debug_log

Shows the DiskSorter Server debug log.

disksorter -v

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

disksorter -help

This command shows the command line usage information.

Options:

-host <Host Name>

Specifies the host name or an IP address of DiskSorter 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 DiskSorter Server TCP/IP port 9125.

-user <User Name>

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

-password <Password>

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

DiskSorter News

6-Jun-2026

DiskSorter v18.2 redesigns the file classification progress dialog, improves the performance of the file classification operations and improves the fault tolerance of the file classification operations. In addition, the new version improves the disk activity monitor tool pane, improves the system status monitor tool pane, improves the main DiskSorter GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.

8-May-2026

DiskSorter v18.1 adds support for new file types to the built-in file classification plug-ins, improves the file classification pie charts, improves the file classification results dialog and improves the file classification plug-ins designer. In addition, the new product version adds support for new types of file matching rules, improves the file matching rules dialog and fixes a number of bugs.

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