<p>Electrum has a text-only version, although I found I had to set it up first time using the gui. Here's my write-up on running it on a Raspberry Pi via SSH though, which sounds like it might do what you need: </p>

<p><a href="http://bitcoinlife.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/running-electrum-on-a-raspberry-pi/" rel="nofollow">http://bitcoinlife.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/running-electrum-on-a-raspberry-pi/</a></p>

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<p>I need to be able to generate addresses and receive bitcoins to them, then send them somewhere else - and do it on a server via some command-line interface. Is it possible to do so without downloading the whole blockchain, as bitcoind requires? That is, is there a lightweight client, but for the command line?</p>

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I think your real question is that you want to write a program that can detect when it receives bitcoins. Am I correct?
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# Lightweight command-line client?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-06-30)

I need to be able to generate addresses and receive bitcoins to them, then send them somewhere else - and do it on a server via some command-line interface. Is it possible to do so without downloading the whole blockchain, as bitcoind requires? That is, is there a lightweight client, but for the command line?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think your real question is that you want to write a program that can detect when it receives bitcoins. Am I correct?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-07-01. Score: 1

Electrum has a text-only version, although I found I had to set it up first time using the gui. Here's my write-up on running it on a Raspberry Pi via SSH though, which sounds like it might do what you need:

<http://bitcoinlife.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/running-electrum-on-a-raspberry-pi/>


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