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steam — Video game platform by Valve. More information: <https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Command_Li

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Problem

How to use the steam command: Video game platform by Valve. More information: <https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Command_Line_Options>.

Solution

steam — Video game platform by Valve. More information: <https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Command_Line_Options>.

Launch Steam, printing debug messages to stdout:
steam


Launch Steam and enable its in-app debug console tab:
steam -console


Launch Steam without opening the GUI:
steam -silent


Enable and open the Steam console tab in a running Steam instance:
steam steam://open/console


Log into Steam with the specified credentials:
steam -login {{username}} {{password}}


Launch Steam in Big Picture Mode:
steam -tenfoot


Exit Steam:
steam -shutdown

Code Snippets

Launch Steam, printing debug messages to `stdout`

steam

Launch Steam and enable its in-app debug console tab

steam -console

Launch Steam without opening the GUI

steam -silent

Enable and open the Steam console tab in a running Steam instance

steam steam://open/console

Log into Steam with the specified credentials

steam -login {{username}} {{password}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/steam

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