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-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "February 2019" "bitcoin-cli v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1"
 .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
-Print this help message and exit
-.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) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
+bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli
 
-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 is a placefolder file. Please follow the instructions in \fIcontrib/devtools/README.md\fR to generate the manual pages after a release.