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