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common/*: reduce usage of "command-line" (part 3) (#16951)
Co-authored-by: Dylan <145150333+dmmqz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Wiktor Perskawiec <wiktor@perskawiec.cc>
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bitcoin-cli

Client to interact with the Bitcoin Core daemon via RPC calls. Uses the configuration defined in bitcoin.conf. More information: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Command-line_arguments.

  • Send a transaction to a given address:

bitcoin-cli sendtoaddress "{{address}}" {{amount}}

  • Generate one or more blocks:

bitcoin-cli generate {{num_blocks}}

  • Print high-level information about the wallet:

bitcoin-cli getwalletinfo

  • List all outputs from previous transactions available to fund outgoing transactions:

bitcoin-cli listunspent

  • Export the wallet information to a text file:

bitcoin-cli dumpwallet "{{path/to/file}}"

  • Get blockchain information:

bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo

  • Get network information:

bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo

  • Stop the Bitcoin Core daemon:

bitcoin-cli stop