bitcoin-cli - manual page for bitcoin-cli v0.17.1.0
bitcoin-cli [
options]
<command> [
params]
Send command to Bitcoin Core
bitcoin-cli [
options]
-named <command>
[
name=value]...
Send command to Bitcoin Core (with named
arguments)
bitcoin-cli [
options]
help List commands
bitcoin-cli [
options]
help <command> Get help for a
command
Bitcoin Core RPC client version v0.17.1.0
-?
- This help message
-conf=<file>
- Specify configuration file. Relative paths will be prefixed by datadir
location. (default: bitcoin.conf)
-datadir=<dir>
- Specify data directory
-getinfo
- Get general information from the remote server. Note that unlike
server-side RPC calls, the results of -getinfo 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)
-named
- Pass named instead of positional arguments (default: false)
-rpcclienttimeout=<n>
- Timeout in seconds during HTTP requests, or 0 for no timeout. (default:
900)
-rpcconnect=<ip>
- Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1)
-rpccookiefile=<loc>
- Location of the auth cookie. Relative paths will be prefixed by a
net-specific datadir location. (default: data dir)
-rpcpassword=<pw>
- Password for JSON-RPC connections
-rpcport=<port>
- Connect to JSON-RPC on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332)
-rpcuser=<user>
- Username for JSON-RPC connections
-rpcwait
- Wait for RPC server to start
-rpcwallet=<walletname>
- Send RPC for non-default wallet on RPC server (needs to exactly match
corresponding -wallet option passed to bitcoind)
-stdin
- Read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl-D
(recommended for sensitive information such as passphrases). When combined
with -stdinrpcpass, the first line from standard input is used for
the RPC password.
-stdinrpcpass
- Read RPC password from standard input as a single line. When combined with
-stdin, the first line from standard input is used for the RPC
password.
-version
- Print version and exit
Chain selection options:
-testnet
- Use the test chain
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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.