Editing Minecraft (section)

==== Example start up of first Minecraft server ====
This example I used an existing server.properties file and simply changed the name of test world to "wildlands".
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bigfoot@sweetcandy:/minecraft > /usr/java/jre1.7.0_51/bin/java -Xmx1024m -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting minecraft server version 1.7.4
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Loading properties
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Default game type: SURVIVAL
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Generating keypair
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing level "wildlands"
[11:59:13] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing start region for level 0
[11:59:14] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 5%
[11:59:15] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 12%
[11:59:16] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 20%
[11:59:17] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 29%
[11:59:18] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 38%
[11:59:19] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 47%
[11:59:20] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 57%
[11:59:21] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 67%
[11:59:22] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 77%
[11:59:23] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 86%
[11:59:24] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 96%
[11:59:24] [Server thread/INFO]: Done (12.118s)! For help, type "help" or "?"
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Type "help or ?" at prompt to show commands
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?
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: --- Showing help page 1 of 7 (/help <page>) ---
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /achievement give <stat_name> [player]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /ban <name> [reason ...]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /ban-ip <address|name> [reason ...]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /banlist [ips|players]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /clear <player> [item] [data]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /debug <start|stop>
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /defaultgamemode <mode>
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I always issue "save-all" then "stop" command when taking server offline.
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save-all
[11:59:36] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving...
[11:59:36] [Server thread/INFO]: Saved the world
stop
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Stopping the server
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Stopping server
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving players
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving worlds
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving chunks for level 'wildlands'/Overworld
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving chunks for level 'wildlands'/Nether
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving chunks for level 'wildlands'/The End
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