.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "February 2016" "bitcoin-cli 0.12" .SH NAME bitcoin-cli \- a remote procedure call client for Bitcoin Core. .SH SYNOPSIS bitcoin-cli [options] [params] \- Send command to Bitcoin Core. .TP bitcoin-cli [options] help \- Asks Bitcoin Core for a list of supported commands. .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page documents the bitcoin-cli program. bitcoin-cli is an RPC client used to send commands to Bitcoin Core. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-?\fR Show possible options. .SH "SEE ALSO" \fBbitcoind\fP, \fBbitcoin.conf\fP .SH AUTHOR This manual page was written by Ciemon Dunville . Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the MIT License. The complete text of the MIT License can be found on the web at \fIhttp://opensource.org/licenses/MIT\fP.