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Bonus guide: Additional scripts

Difficulty: easy

The following scripts were created by RobClark56 and help getting a better system overview.

As user “admin”, download the scripts, make them executable and copy them to the global bin folder.

Balance 

$ cd /home/admin/download/
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stadicus/RaspiNail/master/resources/lnbalance
$ chmod +x lnbalance
$ sudo cp lnbalance /usr/local/bin
$ cd
$ lnbalance

Channels 

$ cd /home/admin/download/
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stadicus/RaspiNail/master/resources/lnchannels
$ chmod +x lnchannels
$ sudo cp lnchannels /usr/local/bin
$ cd
$ lnchannels

Aliases

Aliases are shortcuts for commands that can save time and make it easier to execute common and frequent commands. The following aliases do not display information in a fancy way, but they make it easier to execute commands.

– Testnet
  • Logged in as Admin, open the .bashrc file in nano > sudo nano /home/admin/.bashrc
  • Add the following lines to the end of the .bashrc file 
    alias lndstatus='sudo journalctl -f -u lnd'
alias bitcoindstatus='sudo tail -f /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/testnet3/debug.log'
alias unlock='lncli unlock'
alias newaddress='lncli --network=testnet newaddress np2wkh'
alias txns='lncli --network=testnet listchaintxns'
alias getinfo='lncli --network=testnet getinfo'
alias walletbalance='lncli --network=testnet walletbalance'
alias peers='lncli --network=testnet listpeers'
alias channels='lncli --network=testnet listchannels'
alias channelbalance='lncli --network=testnet channelbalance'
alias pendingchannels='lncli --network=testnet pendingchannels'
alias openchannel='lncli --etwork=testnet openchannel'
alias connect='lncli --network=testnet connect'
alias payinvoice='lncli --network=testnet payinvoice'
alias addinvoice='lncli --network=testnet addinvoice'
  • Execute a source command to register changes to the .bashrc file > source /home/admin/.bashrc
– Mainnet

When switching to mainnet, follow the Testnet section but removing all instances of –network=testnet from the code.

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