diff --git a/control-util.lua b/control-util.lua
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+++ b/control-util.lua
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+local me = require("me")
+
+local util = {}
+util.me = me
+
+function decode(data)
+    if type(data) == "string" then return data end
+    local str = {}
+    for i = 2, #data do
+        str[i-1] = decode(data[i])
+    end
+    return table.concat(str, "")
+end
+
+function util.get_list()
+    local p = game.item_prototypes[me.name.."-list"]
+    if p then
+      data = p.localised_description
+      return decode(data)
+    end
+end
+
+return util
diff --git a/control.lua b/control.lua
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+++ b/control.lua
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+local util = require("control-util")
+
+function on_console_chat(event)
+  if event.message and string.lower(event.message) == "bzlist" then
+    local player = game.players[event.player_index]
+    if player and player.connected then
+      local list = util.get_list()
+      if list and #list>0 then
+        local filename = util.me.name..".txt"
+        game.write_file(filename, list, false, event.player_index)
+        player.print("Wrote recipes to script-output/"..filename)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+script.on_event(defines.events.on_console_chat, on_console_chat)