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description: "ERC20 token operations"
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## cast erc20-token

ERC20 token operations

:::terminal

```bash
$ cast erc20-token --help
```

```txt
Usage: cast erc20-token [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
  balance       Query ERC20 token balance [alias: b]
  transfer      Transfer ERC20 tokens [aliases: t, send]
  approve       Approve ERC20 token spending [alias: a]
  allowance     Query ERC20 token allowance [alias: al]
  name          Query ERC20 token name [alias: n]
  symbol        Query ERC20 token symbol [alias: s]
  decimals      Query ERC20 token decimals [alias: d]
  total-supply  Query ERC20 token total supply [alias: ts]
  mint          Mint ERC20 tokens (if the token supports minting) [alias: m]
  burn          Burn ERC20 tokens [alias: bu]
  help          Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

  -j, --threads <THREADS>
          Number of threads to use. Specifying 0 defaults to the number of
          logical cores
          
          [alias: --jobs]

      --profile <PROFILE>
          The configuration profile to use

Display options:
      --color <COLOR>
          The color of the log messages

          Possible values:
          - auto:   Intelligently guess whether to use color output (default)
          - always: Force color output
          - never:  Force disable color output

      --json
          Format log messages as JSON

      --md
          Format log messages as Markdown

  -q, --quiet
          Do not print log messages

  -v, --verbosity...
          Verbosity level of the log messages.
          
          Pass multiple times to increase the verbosity (e.g. -v, -vv, -vvv).
          
          Depending on the context the verbosity levels have different meanings.
          
          For example, the verbosity levels of the EVM are:
          - 2 (-vv): Print logs for all tests.
          - 3 (-vvv): Print execution traces for failing tests.
          - 4 (-vvvv): Print execution traces for all tests, and setup traces
          for failing tests.
          - 5 (-vvvvv): Print execution and setup traces for all tests,
          including storage changes and
            backtraces with line numbers.
```

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