Create

Description

Creates a wallet with the specified name. If no name is given, the wallet will be created with the name 'default'

Positionals

None

Options

• -n, --name TEXT - The name of the new wallet
• -f, --file TEXT - Name of file to write wallet password output to. (Must be set, unless "--to-console" is passed
• --to-console - Print password to console

Command

cleos wallet create [OPTIONS]

Where

• [OPTIONS] = See Options in Command Usage section below.

Note: The arguments and options enclosed in square brackets are optional.

Description

Create a new wallet locally.

Command Usage

The following information shows the different positionals and options you can use with the cleos wallet create command:

Positionals:

• none

Options

-h, --help - Print this help message and exit -n, --name TEXT - The name of the new wallet, if blank the name is default -f, --file TEXT - Name of file to write wallet password output to. Must be set, unless "--to-console" is passed --to-console - Print password to console.

Requirements

• Install the currently supported version of cleos and keosd. [[info | Note]] | Cleos and keosd are bundled with the EOSIO software. Installing EOSIO will also install the cleos and keosd command line tools.

Examples

1. Create a new wallet called default and output the wallet password to the screen

cleos wallet create  --to-console

Where --to-console = Tells the cleos wallet create command to print the wallet password to the console.

Example Output

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

2. Create a new wallet called my_wallet and output the wallet password to a file called my_wallet_password.txt

cleos wallet create --name my_wallet --file my_wallet_passwords.txt 

Where --name my_wallet = Tells the cleos wallet create command to create a wallet called my_wallet_password.txt --file my_wallet_passwords.txt = Tells the cleos wallet create command to store the password in a file called my_wallet_password.txt.

Example 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_passwords.txt

cat my_wallet_passwords.txt

Example Output

PW5JZaEQXoTKWZRg313aTYS7iNh2jMH4Xs7zWS3vrTZ4p5hCSFGFH(base)

cleos wallet list

Example Output

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