lbry.com/content/faq/how-to-cli.md

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How do I use the LBRY Command Line Interface (CLI) tool?	setup

In addition to the JSON commands available in the LBRY API Quickstart Guide as a method to interact with the LBRY protocol, there is another way through the command line tools (CLI). This will allow you to run any available commands from the LBRY CLI documentation. You must be running the LBRY app or daemon in order to interact with the protocol.

In recent versions of LBRY, the lbrynet-cli tool is no longer included with the App and must be downloaded/copied into the appropriate folder (see below). Download the version that matches your Settings > Help > Daemon version number.

Windows

1. Open a Command Prompt application window
2. Type cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\LBRY\resources\static\daemon" and click Enter
3. Type lbrynet-cli status and click Enter. This will return the LBRYnet status data
4. See examples below or LBRY CLI documentation for additional commands

MacOS

1. Open a Terminal window
2. Type cd /Applications/LBRY.app/Contents/Resources/static/daemon
3. Type ./lbrynet-cli status and click Enter. This will return the LBRYnet status data
4. See examples below or LBRY CLI documentation for additional commands

Ubuntu / Linux

1. Open a Terminal window
2. Type cd /opt/LBRY/resources/static/daemon
3. Type ./lbrynet-cli status and click Enter. This will return the LBRYnet status data
4. See examples below or LBRY CLI documentation for additional commands

Common/Sample Commands

• lbrynet-cli claim_list_mine - Show list of own claims, including channels
• lbrynet-cli claim_new_support --name=@channel --claim_id=<claimid> --amount=5 - add 5 LBC to a claim or channel
• lbrynet-cli resolve one - Retrieve information about winning claim at lbry://one
• lbrynet-cli claim_list one - Retrieve information about all claims at lbry://one
• lbrynet-cli claim_abandon --claim_id=<claimid> - Abandon claim by claim id (from claim info)
• lbrynet-cli claim_abandon --txid=<txid> --nout=<nout> - Abandon claim by transaction id and nout (from claim info)