Arguments and Commands#

Overview#

All command-line options (except for -conf) may be specified in a configuration file, and all configuration file options may also be specified on the command line. Command-line options override values set in the configuration file. The configuration file is a list of <setting>=<value> pairs, one per line, with optional comments starting with the # character.

The configuration file is not automatically created; you can create it using your favorite plain-text editor. By default, dash-qt (or dashd) will look for a file named dash.conf in the Dash data directory, but both the data directory and the configuration file path may be changed using the -datadir and -conf command-line arguments.

Platform

Path to data folder

Typical path to configuration file

Linux

~/

/home/username/.dashcore/dash.conf

macOS

~/Library/Application Support/

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/DashCore/dash.conf

Windows

%APPDATA%

(Vista-10) C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\DashCore\dash.conf

Windows

%APPDATA%

(2000-XP) C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\DashCore\dash.conf

📘 Testnet/Devnet modes

Note: if running Dash in testnet mode, the sub-folder testnet3 will be appended to the data directory automatically. Likewise, if running in devnet mode, the subfolder devnet-"devnet name" will be appended to the data directory.

Command Line Arguments#

The following sections provide details of the command line arguments for each of the five components distributed in Dash Core releases.

Component

Description

dashd

Dash Core daemon

dash-qt

Dash Core wallet GUI

dash-cli

Dash Core RPC Client

dash-tx

Dash Core transaction utility

dash-wallet

Dash Core wallet utility

dashd#

View all command line options for dashd.

Usage:
  dashd [options]                     Start Dash Core Daemon

dash-qt#

View all command line options for dash-qt.

Usage:
  dash-qt [command-line options]

dash-cli#

View all command line options for dash-cli.

Usage:
  dash-cli [options] <command> [params]  Send command to Dash Core
  dash-cli [options] -named <command> [name=value] ... Send command to Dash Core (with named arguments)
  dash-cli [options] help                List commands
  dash-cli [options] help <command>      Get help for a command

dash-tx#

View all command line options for dash-tx.

Usage:
  dash-tx [options] <hex-tx> [commands]  Update hex-encoded dash transaction
  dash-tx [options] -create [commands]   Create hex-encoded dash transaction

dash-wallet#

👍

Introduced in Dash Core 18.0.0

View all command line options for dash-wallet.

Usage:
  dash-wallet [options] <command>