---
name: "alien-arena"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "alien-arena"
version: "7.71.7+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alien-arena"
---

# alien-arena(6)

wrapper script to run the Alien Arena client.

## NAME

alien-arena - wrapper script to run the Alien Arena client.

## SYNOPSIS

**alien-arena** \[OPTIONS\] \[PARAMETERS\]...\
 Available options.\
 \[-h\|--help\] \[-q\|--quiet\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **alien-arena** command.

**alien-arena** is a wrapper script to run the Alien Arena client. It has a single option to disable console output and it allows for parameters to be passed to the client binary 'alienarena'.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-q, --quiet**

  Disable console output.

## PARAMETERS

Alien Arena uses Quake 2 based console codes. A listing of these codes can be found \<http://console.planetquake.gamespy.com/commands/quake\_2.html\>. Most of the codes described at this webpage will work for Alien Arena.

## AUTHOR

See the copyright \</usr/share/doc/alien-arena/copyright\> for contributers to Alien Arena.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was written by Andres Mejia \<mcitadel@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).