The system command

The command provides various utilities for interacting with the blockchain. It retrieves information about the current state of the chain.

The storagext-cli getting started page covers the basic flags necessary to operate the CLI and should be read first.

get-height

The command gets the current block height of the chain.

Example

Getting the current block height of the chain.

storagext-cli system get-height

wait-for-height

The command awaits for the chain to reach a specific block height. It will exit once the chain has reached the specified height.

Parameters

NameDescriptionType
HEIGHTThe block height to wait forPositive integer

Example

Waiting for the chain to reach block height 100.

storagext-cli system wait-for-height 100