nct

Namecoin tool - a command line tool for managing Namecoin names

Installation

npm install -g namecointool

Usage

nct <command> [arguments]

Commands that require unlocking the wallet will prompt you to enter your passphrase using a pinentry program.

Configuration for communicating with namecoind is read from ~/.namecoin/namecoin.conf.

Commands

list

Show a list of names controlled by your wallet

info <name>

Show info about a name

cat <name>

Print the contents of a name. If the value is JSON, it is pretty-printed.

edit <name>

Edit a name. Opens your $EDITOR and saves the result when the editor exits. If the value is JSON, it is pretty-printed for the editor and then printed compactly for issuing the update. If the JSON data saved is invalid, you are prompted to edit it again.

update-expiring [<depth>]

Update all names that are nearing expiration, i.e. are within <depth> blocks of expiring. If unspecified, depth defaults to 4500, which is about a month.

Todo

• Support registering new names
• Support transferring names
• Add bash/zsh completions
• Allow editing multiple names at once

License

Fair License (Fair)

© 2015-2016 Charles Lehner

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