`monero-wallet-cli` is the wallet software shipped in the Monero archives. It is a console program, and manages an account. While a bitcoin wallet manages both an account and the blockchain, Monero separates these: `monerod` handles the blockchain, and `monero-wallet-cli` handles the account.
This guide will show how to perform various operations with `monero-wallet-cli`. The guide assumes you are using the most recent version of Monero and have already created an account according to the other guides.
Important commands: "welcome" - Show welcome message. "help all" - Show the list of all available commands. "help <command>" - Show a command's documentation. "apropos <keyword>" - Show commands related to a keyword. "wallet_info" - Show wallet main address and other info. "balance" - Show balance. "address all" - Show all addresses. "address new [<label text with white spaces allowed>]" - Create new subaddress. "transfer <address> <amount>" - Send XMR to an address. "show_transfers [in|out|pending|failed|pool]" - Show transactions. "sweep_all <address>" - Send whole balance to another wallet. "seed" - Show secret 25 words that can be used to recover this wallet. "refresh" - Synchronize wallet with the Monero network. "status" - Check current status of wallet. "version" - Check software version. "exit" - Exit wallet. "donate <amount>" - Donate XMR to the development team.
Since the blockchain handling and the wallet are separate programs, many uses of `monero-wallet-cli` need to work with the @daemon. This includes looking for incoming transactions to your address.Once you are running both `monero-wallet-cli` and `monerod`, enter `balance`.
In this example you're viewing the balance of your primary account (with index `[0]`). `Balance` is your total balance. The `unlocked balance` is the amount currently available to spend. Newly received transactions require 10 confirmations on the blockchain before being unlocked.
Since Monero is anonymous, you won't see the origin address the funds you receive came from. If you want to know, for instance to credit a particular customer, you'll have to tell the sender to use a payment ID, which is an arbitrary optional tag which gets attached to a transaction. It's not possible to use standalone payment addresses, but you can generate an address that already includes a random payment ID (integrated addresss) using `integrated_address`:
