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authorzelig <viktor.tron@gmail.com>2015-03-25 00:05:27 +0800
committerzelig <viktor.tron@gmail.com>2015-03-27 03:00:18 +0800
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cli: help formatting
-rw-r--r--cmd/ethereum/main.go31
-rw-r--r--cmd/utils/flags.go2
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/ethereum/main.go b/cmd/ethereum/main.go
index 59c6ef485..39a0a9d7f 100644
--- a/cmd/ethereum/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ethereum/main.go
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ The output of this command is supposed to be machine-readable.
Action: accountList,
Name: "list",
Usage: "print account addresses",
- Description: `
-
-`,
},
{
Action: accountCreate,
@@ -111,12 +108,14 @@ For non-interactive use the passphrase can be specified with the --password flag
ethereum account import <keyfile>
-Imports a private key from <keyfile> and creates a new account with the address derived from the key.
-The keyfile is assumed to contain an unencrypted private key in canonical EC format.
+Imports a private key from <keyfile> and creates a new account with the address
+derived from the key.
+The keyfile is assumed to contain an unencrypted private key in canonical EC
+format.
The account is saved in encrypted format, you are prompted for a passphrase.
You must remember this passphrase to unlock your account in future.
-For non-interactive use the passphrase can be specified with the --password flag:
+For non-interactive use the passphrase can be specified with the -password flag:
ethereum --password <passwordfile> account import <keyfile>
@@ -130,14 +129,18 @@ For non-interactive use the passphrase can be specified with the --password flag
ethereum account export <address> <keyfile>
-Exports the given account's private key into keyfile using the canonical EC format.
-The account needs to be unlocked, if it is not the user is prompted for a passphrase to unlock it.
-For non-interactive use, the password can be specified with the --unlock flag:
+Exports the given account's private key into keyfile using the canonical EC
+format.
+The account needs to be unlocked, if it is not the user is prompted for a
+passphrase to unlock it.
+For non-interactive use, the passphrase can be specified with the --unlock flag:
ethereum --password <passwrdfile> account export <address> <keyfile>
Note:
-Since you can directly copy your encrypted accounts to another ethereum instance, this import/export mechanism is not needed when you transfer an account between nodes.
+As you can directly copy your encrypted accounts to another ethereum instance,
+this import/export mechanism is not needed when you transfer an account between
+nodes.
`,
},
},
@@ -156,16 +159,18 @@ Use "ethereum dump 0" to dump the genesis block.
Name: "console",
Usage: `Ethereum Console: interactive JavaScript environment`,
Description: `
-Console is an interactive shell for the Ethereum JavaScript runtime environment which exposes a node admin interface as well as the DAPP JavaScript API.
+Console is an interactive shell for the Ethereum JavaScript runtime environment
+which exposes a node admin interface as well as the DAPP JavaScript API.
See https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Frontier-Console
`,
},
{
Action: execJSFiles,
Name: "js",
- Usage: `executes the given JavaScript files in the Ethereum Frontier JavaScript VM`,
+ Usage: `executes the given JavaScript files in the Ethereum JavaScript VM`,
Description: `
-The Ethereum JavaScript VM exposes a node admin interface as well as the DAPP JavaScript API. See https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Frontier-Console
+The Ethereum JavaScript VM exposes a node admin interface as well as the DAPP
+JavaScript API. See https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Javascipt-Console
`,
},
{
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index f94ec3a69..dda409502 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ var (
}
PasswordFileFlag = cli.StringFlag{
Name: "password",
- Usage: "Password used when saving a new account and unlocking an existing account. If you create a new account make sure you remember this password.",
+ Usage: "Path to password file for (un)locking an existing account.",
Value: "",
}