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Core lightning, pay via a specific channel or with full channels. Shell script using `lightning-cli` and `jq`
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gistfile1.txt
```
$ cat pay-using-channel.sh
#!/bin/sh
CHANNEL=$1
BOLT11=$2
[ -z "$CHANNEL" ] && echo "first program argument should be a short channel id and it is unset or set to the empty string" && exit 1
[ -z "$BOLT11" ] && echo "second program argument should be a bolt11 invoice and it is unset or set to the empty string" && exit 1
EXCLUDE=$(./exclude-all-channels-but.sh $CHANNEL)
lightning-cli pay -k bolt11=$BOLT11 exclude="${EXCLUDE}"
$ cat exclude-all-channels-but.sh
#!/bin/sh
CMD=${TEST_CMD:-lightning-cli listfunds}
$CMD | jq -c "[.channels.[] | select(.state==\"CHANNELD_NORMAL\") | select(.short_channel_id!=\"$1\") | (.short_channel_id + \"/0\"), (.short_channel_id + \"/1\") ]"
$ cat half-empty-channels.sh
#!/bin/sh
CMD=${TEST_CMD:-lightning-cli listfunds}
$CMD | jq -c "[.channels.[] | select(.state==\"CHANNELD_NORMAL\") | select(.short_channel_id!=\"$1\") | select(.our_amount_msat/.amount_msat<0.6) | (.short_channel_id + \"/0\"), (.short_channel_id + \"/1\") ]"
```
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