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# cowboy account

> Query account information on the Cowboy blockchain

## Synopsis

```bash theme={null}
cowboy account balance --address <address>
cowboy account nonce --address <address>
cowboy account info --address <address>
```

## Subcommands

### `cowboy account balance`

Query the balance of any account by address.

**Behavior:**

1. Send a request to the RPC endpoint to fetch the account balance.
2. Print the balance in CBY.

**Flags:**

| Flag        | Default  | Description                    |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------------------ |
| `--address` | Required | Account address to query (hex) |

**Example:**

```bash theme={null}
$ cowboy account balance --address 0x7a3B...F92E
Balance: 1000.000000 CBY
```

***

### `cowboy account nonce`

Query the current nonce of an account.

**Behavior:**

1. Send a request to the RPC endpoint to fetch the account nonce.
2. Print the nonce value.

**Flags:**

| Flag        | Default  | Description                    |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------------------ |
| `--address` | Required | Account address to query (hex) |

**Example:**

```bash theme={null}
$ cowboy account nonce --address 0x7a3B...F92E
Nonce: 42
```

***

### `cowboy account info`

Query full account information.

**Behavior:**

1. Send a request to the RPC endpoint to fetch all account details.
2. Print balance, nonce, and account type (EOA or Actor).

**Flags:**

| Flag        | Default  | Description                    |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------------------ |
| `--address` | Required | Account address to query (hex) |

**Example:**

```bash theme={null}
$ cowboy account info --address 0x7a3B...F92E
Address: 0x7a3B...F92E
Type: EOA
Balance: 1000.000000 CBY
Nonce: 42
```

## Edge Cases

* If the address doesn't exist on-chain, commands return zero values (not an error).
* All subcommands are read-only and do not require a private key.