create

Command

clio wallet create [OPTIONS]

Description

Create a new wallet locally

Synopsis

clio wallet create
  [-h | --help]                     # Print this help message and exit
  [--help-all]                      # Show all help
  [[-n | --name] <wallet_name>]     # The name of the new wallet (defaults to "default")
  [[-f | --file] <filename>]        # Name of file to write wallet password output to (must be set, unless --to-console is passed)
  [--to-console]                    # Print password to console

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to use the clio wallet create command:

Create a default wallet and output password to console

clio wallet create --to-console

Where:

• --to-console - Tells the command to print the wallet password to the console

Output:

Creating wallet: default
Save password to use in the future to unlock this wallet.
Without password imported keys will not be retrievable.
"PW5HuN7hkCBdMNQAa8z3NuThp3LSDtjv77odQYs5t2wgghJq4MUxo"

Create a named wallet and save password to file

clio wallet create --name my_wallet --file my_wallet_password.txt

Where:

• --name my_wallet - Creates a wallet called "my_wallet"
• --file my_wallet_password.txt - Saves the password to a file

Output:

Creating wallet: my_wallet
Save password to use in the future to unlock this wallet.
Without password imported keys will not be retrievable.
saving password to my_wallet_password.txt

Verify wallet creation

clio wallet list

Output:

Wallets:
[
  "default *",
  "my_wallet *"
]

Requirements

• Install the currently supported version of clio and kiod.

note

The clio tool is bundled with the Wire software. Installing Wire core will install the clio and kiod command line tools.