.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.3. .TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "June 2017" "bitcoin-cli v0.14.2.0" "User Commands" .SH NAME bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v0.14.2.0 .SH DESCRIPTION Bitcoin Core RPC client version v0.14.2.0 .SS "Usage:" .TP bitcoin\-cli [options] [params] Send command to Bitcoin Core .IP bitcoin\-cli [options] \fB\-named\fR [name=value] ... Send command to Bitcoin Core (with named arguments) bitcoin\-cli [options] help List commands 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\-named\fR .IP Pass named instead of positional arguments (default: false) .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) 2009-2017 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.