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Merge #12652: bitcoin-cli: Provide a better error message when bitcoind is not running
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Pull request description:

  Provide a better `bitcoin-cli` error message when `bitcoind` is not running.

  Before this patch:

  ```
  $ killall -9 bitcoind
  $ bitcoin-cli -testnet echo 'hello world'
  error: Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be found, and RPC password is not set.  See -rpcpassword and -stdinrpcpass.  Configuration file: (/root/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf)
  ```

  After this patch:

  ```
  $ killall -9 bitcoind
  $ bitcoin-cli -testnet echo 'hello world'
  error: Could not connect to the server 127.0.0.1:18332

  Make sure the bitcoind server is running and that you are connecting to the correct RPC port.
  ```

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