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LIGHTNING-CLI(1)
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:doctype: manpage
NAME
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lightning-cli - Control lightning daemon
SYNOPSIS
--------
*lightning-cli* ['OPTIONS'] 'command'...
DESCRIPTION
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*lightning-cli* sends commands to the lightning daemon.
OPTIONS
-------
*--lightning-dir*='DIR'::
Set the directory for the lightning daemon we're talking to; defaults to
'$HOME/.lightning'.
*--rpc-file*='FILE'::
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Named pipe to use to talk to lightning daemon: default is 'lightning-rpc'
in the lightning directory.
*--help*/*-h*::
Print summary of options to standard output and exit.
*--version*/*-V*::
Print version number to standard output and exit.
COMMANDS
--------
'lightning-cli' simply uses the JSON RPC interface to talk to 'lightningd',
and prints the results. Thus the commands available depend entirely on the
lightning daemon itself.
EXAMPLES
--------
.List commands
===================================================================
lighting-cli help
===================================================================
BUGS
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This manpage documents how it should work, not how it does work. The
pretty printing of results isn't pretty.
AUTHOR
------
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> is mainly to blame.
RESOURCES
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Main web site: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning
COPYING
-------
Note: the modules in the ccan/ directory have their own licenses, but
the rest of the code is covered by the BSD-style MIT license.