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+# About the commandline
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+You don't have to use the UI to control Gekko, you can also use the commandline if you don't have access to a window manager or browser (on a server for example, or anything else you want to SSH into). This is only recommended for advanced users who feel comfortable editing config files and running shell commands.
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+Using the commandline you run one Gekko instance per command, eg. if you want to import 3 markets you need to run Gekko 3 times.
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+## Configuring Gekko
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+If you decide you want to run gekko over the commandline you need to decide two things:
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+1. What market / settings are you interested in?
+2. What should Gekko do? This is either backtest, import or run live.
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+For the first one you configure a config file: copy `gekko/sample-config.js` to something else (for example `gekko/config.js`). Configure the plugins to your liking. What plugins you need to enable does depend on the answer of question 2. Check the documentation under commandline for that feature.
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+## Running Gekko
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+For live mode run:
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+    node gekko --config config.js
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+To backtesting run:
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+    node gekko --config config.js --backtest
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+To import run:
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+    node gekko --config config.js --import