transfer

Command

clio transfer <sender> <recipient> <amount> [memo] [OPTIONS]

Description

Transfer tokens from account to account

Synopsis

clio transfer
  <sender>                          # REQUIRED: The account sending tokens
  <recipient>                       # REQUIRED: The account receiving tokens
  <amount>                          # REQUIRED: The amount of tokens to send
  [memo]                            # OPTIONAL: The memo for the transfer
  [-h | --help]                     # Print this help message and exit
  [--help-all]                      # Show all help
  [[-c | --contract] <contract>]    # The contract that controls the token
  [--pay-ram-to-open]               # Pay RAM to open recipient's token balance row
  [[-x | --expiration] <seconds>]   # set the time in seconds before a transaction expires, defaults to 30s
  [-f | --force-unique]             # force the transaction to be unique. this will consume extra bandwidth and remove any protections against accidently issuing the same transaction multiple times
  [-s | --skip-sign]                # Specify if unlocked wallet keys should be used to sign transaction
  [-j | --json]                     # print result as JSON
  [--json-file <filename>]          # save result in json format into a file
  [-d | --dont-broadcast]           # don't broadcast transaction to the network (just print to stdout)
  [-u | --unpack-action-data]       # unpack all action data within transaction, needs interaction with nodeop unless --abi-file. used in conjunction with --dont-broadcast
  [--return-packed]                 # used in conjunction with --dont-broadcast to get the packed transaction
  [[-r | --ref-block] <block>]      # set the reference block num or block id used for TAPOS (Transaction as Proof-of-Stake)
  [--use-old-rpc]                   # use old RPC push_transaction, rather than new RPC send_transaction
  [--use-old-send-rpc]              # use old RPC send_transaction, rather than new RPC /v1/chain/send_transaction2
  [--compression <type>]            # compression for transaction 'none' or 'zlib'
  [[-p | --permission] <account@perm>] # an account and permission level to authorize, as in 'account@permission' (defaults to 'sender@active')
  [--max-cpu-usage-ms <ms>]         # set an upper limit on the milliseconds of cpu usage budget, for the execution of the transaction (defaults to 0 which means no limit)
  [--max-net-usage <bytes>]         # set an upper limit on the net usage budget, in bytes, for the transaction (defaults to 0 which means no limit)
  [--delay-sec <seconds>]           # set the delay_sec seconds, defaults to 0s
  [[-t | --return-failure-trace] <boolean>] # return partial traces on failed transactions
  [--retry-irreversible <boolean>]  # request node to retry transaction until it is irreversible or expires, blocking call
  [--retry-num-blocks <blocks>]     # request node to retry transaction until in a block of given height, blocking call
  [--sign-with <keys>]              # the public key or json array of public keys to sign with

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to use the clio transfer command:

Basic token transfer

clio transfer inita tester 1000

Transfer with memo

clio transfer alice bob 500 "Payment for services"

Transfer with specific contract

clio transfer alice bob 1000 -c eosio.token

Transfer with custom permission

clio transfer alice bob 1000 -p alice@owner