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Create bitcoin-cli command

Create a bitcoin-cli shortcut to interface with the node

root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~# cat /usr/local/bin/bitcoin-cli
#!/usr/bin/env bash
docker run --rm --network container:bitcoind_mainnet -v /scratch/bitcoin/mainnet/bitcoind:/data dougvk/bitcoind:latest bitcoin-cli "$@"

root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bitcoin-cli

root@docker-s-6vcpu-16gb-nyc3-01:~# bitcoin-cli getinfo
{
  "deprecation-warning": "WARNING: getinfo is deprecated and will be fully removed in 0.16. Projects should transition to using getblockchaininfo, getnetworkinfo, and getwalletinfo before upgrading to 0.16",
  "version": 150100,
  "protocolversion": 70015,
  "walletversion": 139900,
  "balance": 0.00038800,
  "blocks": 505216,
  "timeoffset": -1,
  "connections": 15,
  "proxy": "",
  "difficulty": 2227847638503.628,
  "testnet": false,
  "keypoololdest": 1516416352,
  "keypoolsize": 1999,
  "paytxfee": 0.00050000,
  "relayfee": 0.00500000,
  "errors": ""
}
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aulker commented Jan 27, 2018

How can i add RPC port?

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