Azure CLI not recognizing arguments

Question

Trying to run the following command in a Powershell script:

    $statblob = az storage blob exists --container-name "dev-tfstate" --name "mh/fw-mh-$varenv-__region__-__suffix__.tfstate" --account-key $blobkey --account-name "fwdevstate767442" --subscription $mgtsub | ConvertFrom-Json

And I get the following error:

ERROR: the following arguments are required: --container-name/-c, --name/-n

I was getting the same error with the --account-name argument until I removed the variable and hard coded the name into the script instead. The values are valid, it just doesn't seem to recognize that the arguments are there?

Edit: I changed the arguments to their aliases of -c and -n, and now I get the error on the account-name argument.

ERROR: unrecognized arguments: account-name fwdevstate767442

probably the issue is the --name, try assigning to a variable and check — Sajeetharan, Apr 22 '21 at 17:51
The command runs fine for me. I'm using Azure-CLI v2.17.1 - what Azure CLI version are you working with? — Yash Gupta, Apr 22 '21 at 18:07
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with your cmdlet. I would suggest you to update your CLI to the most recent version available and then give it a try, sometimes there are some minor flaky issues left out with some specific commands in specific versions. — Yash Gupta, Apr 22 '21 at 18:23
I just downgraded the version to 2.17.1, and it's still persisting with the error. Upgraded to the most current version as well 2.22.0, same thing. :/ — TakeCourage, Apr 22 '21 at 19:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '21 at 11:35

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Finally found a fix. Had to do with variables not being interpreted right for some reason. Setting them as environment variables within the function solved it and the script ran fine afterward.

answered Apr 23 '21 at 11:35

TakeCourage

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Glad that you found the solution. Cheers! – Yash Gupta Apr 25 '21 at 07:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '21 at 01:35

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We tried this command without any errors, the problem might be that you run this Azure CLI command inside your Powershell script.

There are two solutions:

Using Powershell command to check if the blob exists or not.

A solution is to wrap the call to Get-AzureStorageBlob in a try/catch and catch ResourceNotFoundException to determine that the blob doesn't exist.

Change your whole scripts to Azure CLI command.

answered Apr 23 '21 at 01:35

Doris Lv

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I've got same problem in a bash script – holms Mar 01 '22 at 14:25

Azure CLI not recognizing arguments

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