A command line tool is a console based application either run in MS-DOS or a terminal (Command prompt for windows, and terminal for linux and mac)
Questions tagged [command-line-tool]
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Node-sass is not recognized by command line
I'm trying to set up node-sass, following the instructions on CSS-Tricks. Node and npm are installed correctly, and the node-sass installation worked too. When I go to run node-sass --output-style compressed -o dist/css src/scss, though, I get an…
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Pod file not being initialized?
When i try to initialize pod file to use cocoapods via terminal, it gives me this error. How to fix it.
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.2.0/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:128:in `verify_minimum_git_version!': [!] You need at least git version…
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Read a file in a macOS Command Line Tool project
I've added a few JSON files to my macOS Command Line Tool project, but I can't seem to find them the usual way.
if let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "Data", ofType: "json")
{
if let contents = try? String(contentsOfFile: path)
{
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Keep command line tool alive
How would a keep a command-line tool running for ever.
This is my code:
#import
int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
@autoreleasepool {
[[NSDistributedNotificationCenter defaultCenter]…
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Writing XCTestCase for Mac OS Command Line Tool
I am trying to unit test a command line tool written for Mac OS.
When I first create the project, XCode does not generate a tests group in the project navigator. When I try to add a new test target, it doesn't give me the option to specify my target…
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PSEXEC - "The Handle is invalid" When running the command as System User
This is the command that works fine if run from a user-spawned command prompt:
PSEXEC \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -u xxxx -p xxxx -accepteula cmd /c "TYPE C:\Pyxislog\PYXIS01.log|Find/i "%ID%"" >nul
However, if I try to run this from a system-invoked cmd…
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Superimposing two videos onto a static image?
I have two videos that I'd like to combine into a single video, in which both videos would sit on top of a static background image. (Think something like this.) My requirements are that the software I use is free, that it runs on OSX, and that I…
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How to deploy a Mac Command Line Tool
I've created a console application using the Xcode OS X Command Line Tool project template.
When everything is said and done, where are the actual "Release" binaries placed on my machine? After searching SO, I found out where I could find the…
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xcode command line tools not able to locate git
On Big Sur, I had XCode CLT installed, but not xcode itself. Git was working fine.
Then I installed XCode and now when I try to run git I get the following message:
git: error: Failed to determine realpath of…
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clang: error: unable to locate xcodebuild
I am using a mac version 10.13.6.
I want to compile C programs through the terminal. I've downloaded Xcode and the command line tools. When I type clang --version in the terminal, I get the following two error messages:
clang: error: unable to…
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OSX: Execute same command on all files within a folder
i am using a command-line tool called TMX (https://github.com/tonybeltramelli/TMXResolutionTool)
I want to execute this command on every .png file in a certain folder. How can i do that?
This is how it is used:
TMXResolutionTool
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"No module named x.__main__; 'x' is a package and cannot be directly executed" when using entry_points / console_scripts
I have this CLI tool called Rackfocus. I've published to PyPI, and I'm reasonably sure it worked just fine before. When I try to run it with current versions of Python on Mac, I get the error:
No module named rackfocus.__main__; 'rackfocus' is a…
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How do I use raku -e and -n with multiple file glob
I'd like to do the following in raku on windows
raku -n -e ".say if /mydatabegin/;" *.file
Failed to open file C:\..\*.file: Invalid argument
The glob isn't interpreted as a glob. I assume that's because windows requires your programs to do the…
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How to set the XCode FILEHEADER macro when using Swift PM?
I am working on a Swift package command line tool that has a third-party dependency. It has been working great just opening the repo folder and using SwiftPM, except that I don't seem to have control over the default file header. In other projects…
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First line of batch file fails - is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
on Windows 7 in VS2012, I have setup an External Tool to call a bat file (let’s call it BatA.bat). In the external tool, I am passing in $(ItemDir) as the one and only Argument and I have the Initial Directory to $(ItemDir) as well.
Within…
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