.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.5. .TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "August 2016" "bitcoin-cli 0.13.0.0" "User Commands" .SH NAME bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli 0.13.0.0 .SH DESCRIPTION Bitcoin Core RPC client version v0.13.0.0\-ga402396 .SS "Usage:" .TP bitcoin\-cli [options] [params] Send command to Bitcoin Core .TP bitcoin\-cli [options] help List commands .TP bitcoin\-cli [options] help Get help for a command .SH OPTIONS .HP \-? .IP This help message .HP \fB\-conf=\fR .IP Specify configuration file (default: bitcoin.conf) .HP \fB\-datadir=\fR .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 Send commands to node running on (default: 127.0.0.1) .HP \fB\-rpcport=\fR .IP Connect to JSON\-RPC on (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332) .HP \fB\-rpcwait\fR .IP Wait for RPC server to start .HP \fB\-rpcuser=\fR .IP Username for JSON\-RPC connections .HP \fB\-rpcpassword=\fR .IP Password for JSON\-RPC connections .HP \fB\-rpcclienttimeout=\fR .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 for further information about the software. The source code is available from . This is experimental software. Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or . This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit and cryptographic software written by Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.