Side note, but worth mentioning in the old days
command ?
command help
command [blank but needs some arguments to work]
all gave more or less the same help info.
Now as the OP has mentioned you get different levels of info. It's not just bitcoin but a lot of apps.
Not sure why this practice has become more common but it's happening.
-Dave
Topic: [Solved] bitcoind -? doesnt show many of the commands it used to (Read 69 times)
February 12, 2024, 07:46:34 PM
Have you tried to use bitcoin-cli help instead of using -? it might only show limited commands compared to using "help".
"bitcoin-cli help" was it. it's funny because i has tried "bitcoin-cli --help" but that just gives the abbreviated list too.thanks for confirming my memory!
February 12, 2024, 05:16:18 PM
Have you tried to use bitcoin-cli help instead of using -? it might only show limited commands compared to using "help".
I tried to send a command using the command you use and yes it doesn't show these commands I searched in Google to find out why these aren't listed on "-?" but I couldn't find it.
I tried to send a command using the command you use and yes it doesn't show these commands I searched in Google to find out why these aren't listed on "-?" but I couldn't find it.
February 12, 2024, 12:48:23 PM
running bitcoind -? or bitcoin-cli -? at the command line used to give me a pretty exhaustive list of options. I am noticing now many are now not listed (dumpwallet, getblockcount,getaddressbylabel,sendtoaddress,etc.)
i found them here
https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/index.html
But why were they removed from the help pages? Or am I missing something. Back 3-4 years ago this is how I learned to use bitcoin at the command line.
i found them here
https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/index.html
But why were they removed from the help pages? Or am I missing something. Back 3-4 years ago this is how I learned to use bitcoin at the command line.
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