.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.5. .TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "September 2016" "bitcoin-cli v0.13.0.0" "User Commands" .SH NAME bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v0.13.0.0 .SH DESCRIPTION Bitcoin Core RPC client version v0.13.0.0 .SS "Usage:" .TP bitcoin\-cli [options] <command> [params] Send command to Bitcoin Core .TP bitcoin\-cli [options] help List commands .TP bitcoin\-cli [options] help <command> Get help for a command .SH OPTIONS .HP \-? .IP This help message .HP \fB\-conf=\fR<file> .IP Specify configuration file (default: bitcoin.conf) .HP \fB\-datadir=\fR<dir> .IP Specify data directory .PP Chain selection options: .HP \fB\-testnet\fR .IP Use the test chain .HP \fB\-regtest\fR .IP Enter regression test mode, which uses a special chain in which blocks can be solved instantly. This is intended for regression testing tools and app development. .HP \fB\-rpcconnect=\fR<ip> .IP Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1) .HP \fB\-rpcport=\fR<port> .IP Connect to JSON\-RPC on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332) .HP \fB\-rpcwait\fR .IP Wait for RPC server to start .HP \fB\-rpcuser=\fR<user> .IP Username for JSON\-RPC connections .HP \fB\-rpcpassword=\fR<pw> .IP Password for JSON\-RPC connections .HP \fB\-rpcclienttimeout=\fR<n> .IP Timeout during HTTP requests (default: 900) .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) .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2009-2016 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 <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>. 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.