Command line administration tool

Universal Type Server contains a command line tool that exposes a number of the functions of the Server Administration application in command line format.

In some cases, this tool allows for more granular control of certain operations and allows these operations to be scripted.

The tool script name is esp-admin and is available in both batch (.bat) and shell script (.sh) formats for use on Windows and Macintosh operating systems, respectively.

The tool resides inside of the Universal Type Server’s applications subfolder. For example:

  • Windows: C:\Program Files\Extensis\Universal Type Server\applications\

  • macOS: Applications/Extensis/Universal Type Server/applications/

Note: When running the esp-admin.bat using the Windows command prompt, any non-ASCII characters are displayed as question marks. This can cause issues when displaying items that allow Unicode characters, such as the Bonjour server name.