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sui client — Publish smart contracts, get object information, execute transactions, and more. More information: <

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Problem

How to use the sui client command: Publish smart contracts, get object information, execute transactions, and more. More information: <https://docs.sui.io/references/cli/client>.

Solution

sui client — Publish smart contracts, get object information, execute transactions, and more. More information: <https://docs.sui.io/references/cli/client>.

Create a new address with the ED25519 scheme:

sui client new-address ed25519 {{address-alias}}

Create a new testnet environment with an RPC URL and alias:

sui client new-env --rpc https://fullnode.testnet.sui.io:443 --alias testnet

Switch to the address of your choice (accepts also an alias):

sui client switch --address {{address-alias}}

Switch to the given environment:

sui client switch --env {{env-alias}}

Publish a smart contract:

sui client publish {{package-path}}

Interact with the Sui faucet:

sui client faucet {{subcommand}}

List the gas coins for the given address (accepts also an alias):

sui client gas {{address}}

Create, sign, and execute programmable transaction blocks:

sui client ptb {{options}} {{subcommand}}

Code Snippets

Create a new address with the ED25519 scheme

sui client new-address ed25519 {{address-alias}}

Create a new testnet environment with an RPC URL and alias

sui client new-env --rpc https://fullnode.testnet.sui.io:443 --alias testnet

Switch to the address of your choice (accepts also an alias)

sui client switch --address {{address-alias}}

Switch to the given environment

sui client switch --env {{env-alias}}

Publish a smart contract

sui client publish {{package-path}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/sui client

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