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| title: Commandline options
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| ```
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| $ geth help
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| NAME:
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|    geth - the go-ethereum command line interface
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| 
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|    Copyright 2013-2018 The go-ethereum Authors
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| 
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| USAGE:
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|    geth [options] command [command options] [arguments...]
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|    
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| VERSION:
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|    1.8.11-stable
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|    
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| COMMANDS:
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|    account           Manage accounts
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|    attach            Start an interactive JavaScript environment (connect to node)
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|    bug               opens a window to report a bug on the geth repo
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|    console           Start an interactive JavaScript environment
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|    copydb            Create a local chain from a target chaindata folder
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|    dump              Dump a specific block from storage
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|    dumpconfig        Show configuration values
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|    export            Export blockchain into file
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|    export-preimages  Export the preimage database into an RLP stream
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|    import            Import a blockchain file
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|    import-preimages  Import the preimage database from an RLP stream
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|    init              Bootstrap and initialize a new genesis block
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|    js                Execute the specified JavaScript files
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|    license           Display license information
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|    makecache         Generate ethash verification cache (for testing)
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|    makedag           Generate ethash mining DAG (for testing)
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|    monitor           Monitor and visualize node metrics
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|    removedb          Remove blockchain and state databases
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|    version           Print version numbers
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|    wallet            Manage Ethereum presale wallets
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|    help, h           Shows a list of commands or help for one command
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|    
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| ETHEREUM OPTIONS:
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|   --config value                    TOML configuration file
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|   --datadir "/home/ligi/.ethereum"  Data directory for the databases and keystore
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|   --keystore                        Directory for the keystore (default = inside the datadir)
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|   --nousb                           Disables monitoring for and managing USB hardware wallets
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|   --networkid value                 Network identifier (integer, 1=Frontier, 2=Morden (disused), 3=Ropsten, 4=Rinkeby) (default: 1)
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|   --testnet                         Ropsten network: pre-configured proof-of-work test network
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|   --rinkeby                         Rinkeby network: pre-configured proof-of-authority test network
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|   --syncmode "fast"                 Blockchain sync mode ("fast", "full", or "light")
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|   --gcmode value                    Blockchain garbage collection mode ("full", "archive") (default: "full")
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|   --ethstats value                  Reporting URL of a ethstats service (nodename:secret@host:port)
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|   --identity value                  Custom node name
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|   --lightserv value                 Maximum percentage of time allowed for serving LES requests (0-90) (default: 0)
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|   --lightpeers value                Maximum number of LES client peers (default: 100)
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|   --lightkdf                        Reduce key-derivation RAM & CPU usage at some expense of KDF strength
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|   
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| DEVELOPER CHAIN OPTIONS:
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|   --dev               Ephemeral proof-of-authority network with a pre-funded developer account, mining enabled
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|   --dev.period value  Block period to use in developer mode (0 = mine only if transaction pending) (default: 0)
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|   
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| ETHASH OPTIONS:
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|   --ethash.cachedir                     Directory to store the ethash verification caches (default = inside the datadir)
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|   --ethash.cachesinmem value            Number of recent ethash caches to keep in memory (16MB each) (default: 2)
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|   --ethash.cachesondisk value           Number of recent ethash caches to keep on disk (16MB each) (default: 3)
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|   --ethash.dagdir "/home/ligi/.ethash"  Directory to store the ethash mining DAGs (default = inside home folder)
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|   --ethash.dagsinmem value              Number of recent ethash mining DAGs to keep in memory (1+GB each) (default: 1)
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|   --ethash.dagsondisk value             Number of recent ethash mining DAGs to keep on disk (1+GB each) (default: 2)
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| TRANSACTION POOL OPTIONS:
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|   --txpool.nolocals            Disables price exemptions for locally submitted transactions
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|   --txpool.journal value       Disk journal for local transaction to survive node restarts (default: "transactions.rlp")
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|   --txpool.rejournal value     Time interval to regenerate the local transaction journal (default: 1h0m0s)
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|   --txpool.pricelimit value    Minimum gas price limit to enforce for acceptance into the pool (default: 1)
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|   --txpool.pricebump value     Price bump percentage to replace an already existing transaction (default: 10)
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|   --txpool.accountslots value  Minimum number of executable transaction slots guaranteed per account (default: 16)
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|   --txpool.globalslots value   Maximum number of executable transaction slots for all accounts (default: 4096)
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|   --txpool.accountqueue value  Maximum number of non-executable transaction slots permitted per account (default: 64)
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|   --txpool.globalqueue value   Maximum number of non-executable transaction slots for all accounts (default: 1024)
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|   --txpool.lifetime value      Maximum amount of time non-executable transaction are queued (default: 3h0m0s)
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| PERFORMANCE TUNING OPTIONS:
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|   --cache value            Megabytes of memory allocated to internal caching (default: 1024)
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|   --cache.database value   Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for database io (default: 75)
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|   --cache.gc value         Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for trie pruning (default: 25)
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|   --trie-cache-gens value  Number of trie node generations to keep in memory (default: 120)
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| ACCOUNT OPTIONS:
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|   --unlock value    Comma separated list of accounts to unlock
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|   --password value  Password file to use for non-interactive password input
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| API AND CONSOLE OPTIONS:
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|   --rpc                  Enable the HTTP-RPC server
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|   --rpcaddr value        HTTP-RPC server listening interface (default: "localhost")
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|   --rpcport value        HTTP-RPC server listening port (default: 8545)
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|   --rpcapi value         API's offered over the HTTP-RPC interface
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|   --ws                   Enable the WS-RPC server
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|   --wsaddr value         WS-RPC server listening interface (default: "localhost")
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|   --wsport value         WS-RPC server listening port (default: 8546)
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|   --wsapi value          API's offered over the WS-RPC interface
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|   --wsorigins value      Origins from which to accept websockets requests
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|   --ipcdisable           Disable the IPC-RPC server
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|   --ipcpath              Filename for IPC socket/pipe within the datadir (explicit paths escape it)
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|   --rpccorsdomain value  Comma separated list of domains from which to accept cross origin requests (browser enforced)
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|   --rpcvhosts value      Comma separated list of virtual hostnames from which to accept requests (server enforced). Accepts '*' wildcard. (default: "localhost")
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|   --jspath loadScript    JavaScript root path for loadScript (default: ".")
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|   --exec value           Execute JavaScript statement
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|   --preload value        Comma separated list of JavaScript files to preload into the console
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| NETWORKING OPTIONS:
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|   --bootnodes value     Comma separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap (set v4+v5 instead for light servers)
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|   --bootnodesv4 value   Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v4 discovery bootstrap (light server, full nodes)
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|   --bootnodesv5 value   Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v5 discovery bootstrap (light server, light nodes)
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|   --port value          Network listening port (default: 30303)
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|   --maxpeers value      Maximum number of network peers (network disabled if set to 0) (default: 25)
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|   --maxpendpeers value  Maximum number of pending connection attempts (defaults used if set to 0) (default: 0)
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|   --nat value           NAT port mapping mechanism (any|none|upnp|pmp|extip:<IP>) (default: "any")
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|   --nodiscover          Disables the peer discovery mechanism (manual peer addition)
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|   --v5disc              Enables the experimental RLPx V5 (Topic Discovery) mechanism
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|   --netrestrict value   Restricts network communication to the given IP networks (CIDR masks)
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|   --nodekey value       P2P node key file
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|   --nodekeyhex value    P2P node key as hex (for testing)
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| MINER OPTIONS:
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|   --mine                    Enable mining
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|   --minerthreads value      Number of CPU threads to use for mining (default: 8)
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|   --etherbase value         Public address for block mining rewards (default = first account created) (default: "0")
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|   --targetgaslimit value    Target gas limit sets the artificial target gas floor for the blocks to mine (default: 4712388)
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|   --gasprice "18000000000"  Minimal gas price to accept for mining a transactions
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|   --extradata value         Block extra data set by the miner (default = client version)
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| GAS PRICE ORACLE OPTIONS:
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|   --gpoblocks value      Number of recent blocks to check for gas prices (default: 20)
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|   --gpopercentile value  Suggested gas price is the given percentile of a set of recent transaction gas prices (default: 60)
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| VIRTUAL MACHINE OPTIONS:
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|   --vmdebug  Record information useful for VM and contract debugging
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| LOGGING AND DEBUGGING OPTIONS:
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|   --metrics                 Enable metrics collection and reporting
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|   --fakepow                 Disables proof-of-work verification
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|   --nocompaction            Disables db compaction after import
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|   --verbosity value         Logging verbosity: 0=silent, 1=error, 2=warn, 3=info, 4=debug, 5=detail (default: 3)
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|   --vmodule value           Per-module verbosity: comma-separated list of <pattern>=<level> (e.g. eth/*=5,p2p=4)
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|   --backtrace value         Request a stack trace at a specific logging statement (e.g. "block.go:271")
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|   --debug                   Prepends log messages with call-site location (file and line number)
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|   --pprof                   Enable the pprof HTTP server
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|   --pprofaddr value         pprof HTTP server listening interface (default: "127.0.0.1")
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|   --pprofport value         pprof HTTP server listening port (default: 6060)
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|   --memprofilerate value    Turn on memory profiling with the given rate (default: 524288)
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|   --blockprofilerate value  Turn on block profiling with the given rate (default: 0)
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|   --cpuprofile value        Write CPU profile to the given file
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|   --trace value             Write execution trace to the given file
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| WHISPER (EXPERIMENTAL) OPTIONS:
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|   --shh                       Enable Whisper
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|   --shh.maxmessagesize value  Max message size accepted (default: 1048576)
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|   --shh.pow value             Minimum POW accepted (default: 0.2)
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| DEPRECATED OPTIONS:
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|   --fast   Enable fast syncing through state downloads (replaced by --syncmode)
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|   --light  Enable light client mode (replaced by --syncmode)
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| MISC OPTIONS:
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|   --help, -h  show help
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| 
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| COPYRIGHT:
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|    Copyright 2013-2018 The go-ethereum Authors
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| 
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| ``` |