From f22f14c65bb9fba946e5039132a4c0b01b0c02ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:22:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention bitcoin-cli -stdin in release notes --- doc/release-notes.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 801b684e6..707f2357f 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ Example item ---------------- +bitcoin-cli: arguments privacy +-------------------------------- + +The RPC command line client gained a new argument, `-stdin` +to read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl-D. +For example: + + $ echo -e "mysecretcode\n120" | src/bitcoin-cli -stdin walletpassphrase + +It is recommended to use this for sensitive information such as wallet +passphrases, as command-line arguments can usually be read from the process +table by any user on the system. + 0.13.0 Change log =================