[GNC] previous issue with gnucash-cli on macOS

[gnucash at kcburns.com]

Jim DeLaHunt, I think you have a BINGO!


Last login: Tue Dec 31 15:47:12 on ttys000
kcburns at Mac001 ~ % /Applications/GnuCash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli 
-Q get /Users/kcburns/GnuCash/KCBurns.gnucash
Application Path /Applications/GnuCash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli
Found Finance::Quote version 1.64.
kcburns at Mac001 ~ %


That is the result I expected to see!

I think I was had by the copy & paste.

I have already updated my quotes for this evening, so I will verify it 
on Thursday after the market reopens.

Thanks,

Ken


On 12/31/24 4:45 PM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:
> Hello, KCBurns:
>
> On 2024-12-31 12:52,gnucash at kcburns.com wrote:
>> Last login: Tue Dec 31 15:24:15 on console
>> kcburns at Mac001 ~ %
>> /Applications/GnuCash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli -Q get
>> /Users/kcburns/GnuCash/KCBurns.gnucash
>>
>> Application Path /Applications/GnuCash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli
>> Missing data file parameter
>>
>> gnucash-cli [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal
>> and small business finance:
> ... [help text elided] ...
>
>> ? --output-file arg????? Output file for report
>>
>>
>> zsh: exec format error: /Users/kcburns/GnuCash/KCBurns.gnucash
>> kcburns at Mac001 ~ %
>>
> It looks like your command is now spelled correctly, but it is broken
> into two lines in the email message.? Is that just an artifact of email
> line wrapping, or is there in fact a linefeed character in your command
> line?
>
> I see that Gnucash says, "Missing data file parameter", as if all it saw
> was "/App?/gnucash-cli -Q get". Then the Terminal shell ("zsh") says,
> "zsh: exec format error: /Users/kcburns/GnuCash/KCBurns.gnucash", as if
> it was trying to run "/Users/kcburns/GnuCash/KCBurns.gnucash" as a command.
>
> Perhaps try to enter the command again, but being careful of the
> spelling and spacing?
>
> e.g. Copy "/Applications/GnuCash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli -Q get"
> from your previous command, then type a space character, then copy
> "/Users/kcburns/GnuCash/KCBurns.gnucash" from your previous command,
> then press Return. See if that gets interpreted as a single command.
>