Grammar
Think of this like a DOS or bash prompt. The first word is a command. Every word after that is an argument to that command. Every command has a different number of required and optional parameters. White space delimits arguments. If you need a space in an argument, put double quotes around the whole thing. If you need double quotes and spaces in an argument, escape the quote with a backslash (\) first. If you need to do a backslash, escape that with a backslash.
It's pretty straight-forward. If you're confused, ask.
Command Reference
Arguments in <angle brackets> are required. Arguments in [brackets] are optional. If there is more than one optional argument, you can't skip one and provide one after it. Once you skip one, you have to skip the rest.
| allow_open_proxy <ip> <forever> |
Marks an IP address as not being an open proxy for the next 24 hours.
| ban_list [ "from" <user> ] |
List banned users.
| ban_set <user> [ "from" <community> ] |
Ban another user from posting in your journal. In the future, banning a user will also prevent them from text messaging you, adding you as a friend, etc... Basically, banning somebody restricts their interaction with you severely.
| ban_unset <user> [ "from" <community> ] |
Remove a ban on a user.
| change_community_admin <community> <new_owner> |
Change the ownership of a community.
| change_journal_status <account> <status> |
Change the status of an account.
| change_journal_type <journal> <type> [owner] |
Change a journal's type.
| comment <action> <url> <reason> |
Manage comments in a user's account.
| community <community> <action> <user> |
Add or remove a member from a community.
| deletetalk <user> <itemid> <talkid> |
Delete a comment.
| expunge_userpic <user> <picid> |
Expunge a user picture icon from the site.
| faqcat <command> <commandargs> |
Tool for managing FAQ categories.
| find_user_cluster <user> |
Finds the cluster that the given user's journal is on.
| finduser <criteria> <data> |
Find a user by a criteria.
| friend <command> [<username>] [<group>] [<fgcolor>] [<bgcolor>] |
List your friends, add a friend, or remove a friend. Optionally, add friends to friend groups.
| gencodes <username> <quantity> |
Generate invite codes.
| get_maintainer <community or user name> |
Finds out the current maintainer(s) of a community or the communities that a user maintains. If you pass a community as the argument, the maintainer(s) will be listed. Otherwise, if you pass a user account, the account(s) they maintain will be listed.
| get_moderator <community or user name> |
Finds out the current moderator(s) of a community or the communities that a user moderates. If you pass a community as the argument, the moderator(s) will be listed. Otherwise, if you pass a user account, the account(s) they moderate will be listed.
| getemail <user> |
Get a user's email address. (for emailing them about TOS violations)
| help [<command>] |
Get help on admin console commands
| infohistory <user> |
Retrieve the infohistory of a given user
| moodtheme_create <name> <des> |
Create a new mood icon set. Return value from this command is the moodthemeid that you'll need to define pictures for this theme.
| moodtheme_list [<themeid>] |
List mood themes, or data about a mood theme
| moodtheme_public <themeid> <setting> |
Make a mood theme public or not. You have to be a moodthememanager to do this.
| moodtheme_setpic <themeid> <moodid> <picurl> <width> <height> |
Change data for a mood theme. If picurl, width, or height is empty or zero, the data is deleted.
| print ... |
This is a debugging function. Given an arbitrary number of meaningless arguments, it'll print each one back to you. If an argument begins with a bang (!) then it'll be printed to the error stream instead.
| priv <action> <privs> <usernames> |
Grant or revoke user privileges.
| reset_email <username> <value> <reason> |
Resets the email address for a given account
| reset_password <username> <reason> |
Resets the password for a given account
| set ["for" <community>] <propname> <value> |
Set a userprop.
| set_underage <journal> <on/off> <note> |
Change a journal's underage flag.
| shared <sharedjournal> <action> <user> |
Add or remove access for a user to post in a shared journal.
| suspend <username or email address> <reason> |
Suspend a user's account.
| syn_editurl <username> <newurl> |
Changes the syndication URL for a syndicated account.
| syn_merge <from_user> to <to_user> using <url> |
Merge two syndicated accounts into one, keeping an optionally specified url for the final. Sets up redirection between from_user and to_user, swapping feed urls if there will be a conflict.
| tag_display [for <community>] <tag> <value> |
Set tag visibility to S2.
| tag_permissions [for <community>] <add level> <control level> |
Set permission levels for the tag system.
| unsuspend <username or email address> <reason> |
Unsuspend a user's account.