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title: "Helpful Retrospect Linux Client Commands"
slug: "example-retrospect-linux-client-commands"
updated: 2023-11-30T20:18:40Z
published: 2023-11-30T20:18:40Z
canonical: "docs.retrospect.com/example-retrospect-linux-client-commands"
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# Example Retrospect Linux Client Commands

The Retrospect Client for Linux can be controlled with specific terminal commands. Below are some of the commands you may find helpful.

**Stop the Retrospect Client**
/usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl stop
![stop client.jpg](https://cdn.us.document360.io/6d1fe0c6-ccdb-4ee9-a621-0504cb91b4be/Images/Documentation/stop%20client.jpg){height="" width=""}

**Start the Retrospect Client**
sudo /usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl start
![start client.jpg](https://cdn.us.document360.io/6d1fe0c6-ccdb-4ee9-a621-0504cb91b4be/Images/Documentation/start%20client.jpg){height="" width=""}

**Retrospect Client Status**
sudo /usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl status
![status.jpg](https://cdn.us.document360.io/6d1fe0c6-ccdb-4ee9-a621-0504cb91b4be/Images/Documentation/status.jpg){height="" width=""}

**Bind Retrospect Client to a specific IP address**
Navigate to to /usr/local/retrospect/client and enter:
sudo ./retroclient -ip XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
This IP binding will be lost/reset if the computer is restarted.

**Restart the Linux Client**
sudo /usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl restart

**Retrospect Client Help**
sudo /usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl --help

**Set Client Password**
./retroclient -setpass password

**Retrospect Client Debug Logging** (when recommended by support)
./retroclient -log n

*Additional Linux client commands based on the Retrospect version:*
**Client version 19**
systemctl status retroclient.service
sudo systemctl stop retroclient.service
sudo systemctl start retroclient.service
sudo systemctl restart retroclient.serivce

**Client version 18 and earlier**
service rcl status
sudo service rcl start
sudo service rcl stop
sudo service rcl restart