apemon/lightning-lightningd-shortcut.md

## lightning-lightningd-shortcut.md

      
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    Create a lightning-cli shortcut to interface with the node

#!/usr/bin/env bash
docker run --rm -v /scratch/bitcoin/testnet/clightning:/root/.lightning --entrypoint /usr/bin/lightning-cli cdecker/lightningd:latest "$@"

Grant permission to shortcut

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/lightning-cli

Test

lightning-cli getinfo
{ "id" : "0312218a791e4ace394338b02d351d5e589bde419ef9294bc73b391e72274c0d3a", "port" : 9735, "address" :
        [
                { "type" : "ipv4", "address" : "159.89.198.232", "port" : 9735 } ], "version" : "v0.5.2-2016-11-21-2092-g7c8883a", "blockheight" : 67416, "network" : "testnet" }