# Reading memo given the txid, how?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/reading-memo-given-the-txid-how/32174>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [December 8, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/reading-memo-given-the-txid-how/32174 "2018-12-08T15:46:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ChileBob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/chilebob/32/26546_2.png) [@ChileBob](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/ChileBob)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/reading-memo-given-the-txid-how/32174/1 "2018-12-08T15:46:42Z")

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I’m trying to extract details of a zaddr receipt using just the txid & zcash-cli on the receiving wallet/node.

For some reason I’m struggling & can’t find anything in the docs, perhaps I’m just getting old or maybe someone secretly switched my coffee for decaf.

Would appreciate some pointers.

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**Author:** ![garethtdavies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/garethtdavies/32/210_2.png) [@garethtdavies](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/garethtdavies)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/reading-memo-given-the-txid-how/32174/2 "2018-12-08T16:33:02Z")

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You need `z_listreceivedbyaddress` see [z\_listreceivedbyaddress - Zcash 4.5.1-1 RPC Docs](https://zcash-rpc.github.io/z_listreceivedbyaddress.html) - it’ll return the memo in hexadecimal.

Alternatively zec-qt-wallet does a great job of memo support [GitHub - ZcashFoundation/zecwallet: A z-address first full node and UI wallet for zcash](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zec-qt-wallet)

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**Author:** ![ChileBob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/chilebob/32/26546_2.png) [@ChileBob](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/ChileBob)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/reading-memo-given-the-txid-how/32174/3 "2018-12-08T16:58:20Z")

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Thanks, I’m back on the right track.

I’m using multiple zaddrs & had daftly assumed I could scan them all at once for a txid. Obviously it needs the address to get the key before it can scan.