---
name: "litecoin-cli"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "litecoind"
version: "0.21.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/litecoin-cli"
---

# litecoin-cli(1)

manual page for litecoin-cli v0.21.4.0

## NAME

litecoin-cli - manual page for litecoin-cli v0.21.4.0

## SYNOPSIS

**litecoin-cli** \[*options*\] *\<command\>* \[*params*\]  *Send command to Litecoin Core*\
 **litecoin-cli** \[*options*\] *-named \<command\>* \[*name=value*\]...  *Send command to Litecoin Core (with named arguments)*\
 **litecoin-cli** \[*options*\] *help                List commands*\
 **litecoin-cli** \[*options*\] *help \<command\>      Get help for a command*

## DESCRIPTION

Litecoin Core RPC client version v0.21.4.0-dirty

## OPTIONS

\-?

-

  Print this help message and exit

**-conf=**\<file\>

-

  Specify configuration file. Relative paths will be prefixed by datadir location. (default: litecoin.conf)

**-datadir=**\<dir\>

-

  Specify data directory

**-generate**

-

  Generate blocks immediately, equivalent to RPC generatenewaddress followed by RPC generatetoaddress. Optional positional integer arguments are number of blocks to generate (default: 1) and maximum iterations to try (default: 1000000), equivalent to RPC generatetoaddress nblocks and maxtries arguments. Example: litecoin-cli **-generate** 4 1000

**-getinfo**

-

  Get general information from the remote server. Note that unlike server-side RPC calls, the results of **-getinfo** is the result of multiple non-atomic requests. Some entries in the result may represent results from different states (e.g. wallet balance may be as of a different block from the chain state reported)

**-named**

-

  Pass named instead of positional arguments (default: false)

**-netinfo**

-

  Get network peer connection information from the remote server. An optional integer argument from 0 to 4 can be passed for different peers listings (default: 0).

**-rpcclienttimeout=**\<n\>

-

  Timeout in seconds during HTTP requests, or 0 for no timeout. (default: 900)

**-rpcconnect=**\<ip\>

-

  Send commands to node running on \<ip\> (default: 127.0.0.1)

**-rpccookiefile=**\<loc\>

-

  Location of the auth cookie. Relative paths will be prefixed by a net-specific datadir location. (default: data dir)

**-rpcpassword=**\<pw\>

-

  Password for JSON-RPC connections

**-rpcport=**\<port\>

-

  Connect to JSON-RPC on \<port\> (default: 9332, testnet: 19332, signet: 39332, regtest: 19443)

**-rpcuser=**\<user\>

-

  Username for JSON-RPC connections

**-rpcwait**

-

  Wait for RPC server to start

**-rpcwallet=**\<walletname\>

-

  Send RPC for non-default wallet on RPC server (needs to exactly match corresponding **-wallet** option passed to litecoind). This changes the RPC endpoint used, e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8332/wallet/\<walletname\>

**-stdin**

-

  Read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl-D (recommended for sensitive information such as passphrases). When combined with **-stdinrpcpass**, the first line from standard input is used for the RPC password.

**-stdinrpcpass**

-

  Read RPC password from standard input as a single line. When combined with **-stdin**, the first line from standard input is used for the RPC password. When combined with **-stdinwalletpassphrase**, **-stdinrpcpass** consumes the first line, and **-stdinwalletpassphrase** consumes the second.

**-stdinwalletpassphrase**

-

  Read wallet passphrase from standard input as a single line. When combined with **-stdin**, the first line from standard input is used for the wallet passphrase.

**-version**

-

  Print version and exit

Debugging/Testing options:

Chain selection options:

**-chain=**\<chain\>

-

  Use the chain \<chain\> (default: main). Allowed values: main, test, signet, regtest

**-signet**

-

  Use the signet chain. Equivalent to **-chain**=*signet*. Note that the network is defined by the **-signetchallenge** parameter

**-signetchallenge**

-

  Blocks must satisfy the given script to be considered valid (only for signet networks; defaults to the global default signet test network challenge)

**-signetseednode**

-

  Specify a seed node for the signet network, in the hostname\[:port\] format, e.g. sig.net:1234 (may be used multiple times to specify multiple seed nodes; defaults to the global default signet test network seed node(s))

**-testnet**

-

  Use the test chain. Equivalent to **-chain**=*test*.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011-2024 The Litecoin Core developers Copyright (C) 2009-2024 The Bitcoin Core developers

Please contribute if you find Litecoin Core useful. Visit \<https://litecoin.org/\> for further information about the software. The source code is available from \<https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin\>.

This is experimental software. Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or \<https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT\>