core-lightning/doc/lightning-cli.1
Rusty Russell 8b1aa3ef8b lightningd: move basic parameter parsing into common/configdir
lightning-cli is going to need to know what network we're on, so
it will need to parse the config files.  Move the code which does
the initial bootstrap parsing into common, as well as the config
file parsing core.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2019-11-23 22:42:34 +00:00

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.TH "LIGHTNING-CLI" "1" "" "" "lightning-cli"
.SH NAME
lightning-cli - Control lightning daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBlightning-cli\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fIcommand\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBlightning-cli\fR sends commands to the lightning daemon\.
.SH OPTIONS
\fB--lightning-dir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Set the directory for the lightning daemon were talking to; defaults to
\fI$HOME/\.lightning\fR\.
\fB--conf\fR=\fIPATH\fR
Sets configuration file (default: \fBlightning-dir\fR/\fIconfig\fR )\.
\fB--network\fR=\fInetwork\fR
\fB--mainnet\fR
\fB--testnet\fR
\fB--signet\fR
Sets network explicitly\.
\fB--rpc-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Named pipe to use to talk to lightning daemon: default is
\fIlightning-rpc\fR in the lightning directory\.
\fB--keywords\fR/\fB-k\fR
Use format \fIkey\fR=\fIvalue\fR for parameters in any order
\fB--order\fR/\fB-o\fR
Follow strictly the order of parameters for the command
\fB--json\fR/\fB-J\fR
Return result in JSON format (default unless \fIhelp\fR command)
\fB--raw\fR/\fB-R\fR
Return raw JSON directly as lightningd replies
\fB--human-readable\fR/\fB-H\fR
Return result in human-readable output (default for \fIhelp\fR command)
\fB--help\fR/\fB-h\fR
Print summary of options to standard output and exit\.
\fB--version\fR/\fB-V\fR
Print version number to standard output and exit\.
.SH COMMANDS
\fIlightning-cli\fR simply uses the JSON RPC interface to talk to
\fIlightningd\fR, and prints the results\. Thus the commands available depend
entirely on the lightning daemon itself\.
.SH ARGUMENTS
Arguments may be provided positionally or using \fIkey\fR=\fIvalue\fR after the
command name, based on either \fB-o\fR or \fB-k\fR option\. Arguments may be
integer numbers (composed entirely of digits), floating-point numbers
(has a radix point but otherwise composed of digits), \fItrue\fR, \fIfalse\fR,
or \fInull\fR\. Other arguments are treated as strings\.
Some commands have optional arguments\. You may use \fInull\fR to skip
optional arguments to provide later arguments\.
.SH EXAMPLES
Example 1\. List commands
lightning-cli help
.SH BUGS
This manpage documents how it should work, not how it does work\. The
pretty printing of results isnt pretty\.
.SH AUTHOR
Rusty Russell \fI<rusty@rustcorp.com.au\fR> is mainly to blame\.
.SH RESOURCES
Main web site: \fIhttps://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning\fR
.SH 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\.