.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.6. .TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "December 2018" "bitcoin-cli v0.17.99.0" "User Commands" .SH NAME bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v0.17.99.0 .SH SYNOPSIS .B bitcoin-cli [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<command> \/\fR[\fI\,params\/\fR] \fI\,Send command to Bitcoin Core\/\fR .br .B bitcoin-cli [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,-named <command> \/\fR[\fI\,name=value\/\fR]... \fI\,Send command to Bitcoin Core (with named arguments)\/\fR .br .B bitcoin-cli [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,help List commands\/\fR .br .B bitcoin-cli [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,help <command> Get help for a command\/\fR .SH DESCRIPTION Bitcoin Core RPC client version v0.17.99.0 .SH OPTIONS .HP \-? .IP This help message .HP \fB\-conf=\fR<file> .IP Specify configuration file. Relative paths will be prefixed by datadir location. (default: bitcoin.conf) .HP \fB\-datadir=\fR<dir> .IP Specify data directory .HP \fB\-getinfo\fR .IP Get general information from the remote server. Note that unlike server\-side RPC calls, the results of \fB\-getinfo\fR is the result of multiple non\-atomic requests. Some entries in the result may represent results from different states (e.g. wallet balance may be as of a different block from the chain state reported) .HP \fB\-named\fR .IP Pass named instead of positional arguments (default: false) .HP \fB\-rpcclienttimeout=\fR<n> .IP Timeout in seconds during HTTP requests, or 0 for no timeout. (default: 900) .HP \fB\-rpcconnect=\fR<ip> .IP Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1) .HP \fB\-rpccookiefile=\fR<loc> .IP Location of the auth cookie. Relative paths will be prefixed by a net\-specific datadir location. (default: data dir) .HP \fB\-rpcpassword=\fR<pw> .IP Password for JSON\-RPC connections .HP \fB\-rpcport=\fR<port> .IP Connect to JSON\-RPC on <port> (default: 8332, testnet: 18332, regtest: 18443) .HP \fB\-rpcuser=\fR<user> .IP Username for JSON\-RPC connections .HP \fB\-rpcwait\fR .IP Wait for RPC server to start .HP \fB\-rpcwallet=\fR<walletname> .IP Send RPC for non\-default wallet on RPC server (needs to exactly match corresponding \fB\-wallet\fR option passed to bitcoind). This changes the RPC endpoint used, e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8332/wallet/<walletname> .HP \fB\-stdin\fR .IP Read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl\-D (recommended for sensitive information such as passphrases). When combined with \fB\-stdinrpcpass\fR, the first line from standard input is used for the RPC password. .HP \fB\-stdinrpcpass\fR .IP Read RPC password from standard input as a single line. When combined with \fB\-stdin\fR, the first line from standard input is used for the RPC password. .HP \fB\-version\fR .IP Print version and exit .PP Chain selection options: .HP \fB\-testnet\fR .IP Use the test chain .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit <https://bitcoincore.org> for further information about the software. The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>. This is experimental software. Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT> This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org> and cryptographic software written by Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.