I’m on a Mac, and command line access is not available by default.
If I
$ export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS”
then
$ Gnucash --help
Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
(process:12007): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 10:10:34.704: [mac_set_languages()]
Language list: en:en_AU:C:el_AU
Gnucash [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal and small
business finance:
Common Options:
-h [ --help ] Show this help message
-v [ --version ] Show GnuCash version
--debug Enable debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
logs.
This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log "qof=info"
--log "gnc=info"
--extra Enable extra/development/debugging features.
--log arg Log level overrides, of the form
"modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
gnc.backend.file.sx=info"
This can be invoked multiple times.
--logto arg File to log into; defaults to "/tmp/gnucash.trace";
can be "stderr" or "stdout".
--gsettings-prefix arg Set the prefix for gsettings schemas for gsettings
queries. This can be useful to have a different
settings tree while debugging.
Application Options:
--nofile Do not load the last file opened
--help-gtk Show help for gtk options
Deprecated Options:
--add-price-quotes Add price quotes to given GnuCash datafile.
Note this option has been deprecated and will be
removed in GnuCash 5.0.
Please use 'gnucash-cli --quotes get <datafile>'
instead.
--namespace arg Regular expression determining which namespace
commodities will be retrieved.
Note this option has been deprecated and will be
removed in GnuCash 5.0.
Please use 'gnucash-cli --quotes get --namespace
<namespace> <datafile>' instead.
If I then
$ gnucash-cli --help
Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli
(process:12805): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 10:11:17.131: [mac_set_languages()]
Language list: en:en_AU:C:el_AU
gnucash-cli [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal and small
business finance:
Common Options:
-h [ --help ] Show this help message
-v [ --version ] Show GnuCash version
--debug Enable debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
logs.
This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log "qof=info"
--log "gnc=info"
--extra Enable extra/development/debugging features.
--log arg Log level overrides, of the form
"modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
gnc.backend.file.sx=info"
This can be invoked multiple times.
--logto arg File to log into; defaults to "/tmp/gnucash.trace";
can be "stderr" or "stdout".
--gsettings-prefix arg Set the prefix for gsettings schemas for gsettings
queries. This can be useful to have a different
settings tree while debugging.
Price Quotes Retrieval Options:
-Q [ --quotes ] arg Execute price quote related commands. Currently only
one command is supported.
get: Fetch current quotes for all foreign
currencies and stocks in the given GnuCash
datafile.
--namespace arg Regular expression determining which namespace
commodities will be retrieved for
Report Generation Options:
-R [ --report ] arg Execute report related commands. The following
commands are supported.
list: Lists available reports.
show: Describe the options modified in the named
report. A datafile may be specified to
describe some saved options.
run: Run the named report in the given GnuCash
datafile.
--name arg Name of the report to run
--export-type arg Specify export type
--output-file arg Output file for report
Note: my SSD is formatted as case-sensitive, hence I must use ‘Gnucash’ rather
than ‘gnucash’.
Peter
—
Peter West
[email protected]
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven.”
> On 23 Apr 2021, at 9:41 am, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Glenn,
>
> I know, and that's what Derek posted and what I added to the wiki page.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>> On Apr 22, 2021, at 4:35 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi John, I was referring to gnucash command line switches, not gnucash-cli
>> command line switches as you mentioned earlier starting GnuCash with --extra
>> earlier in the post.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:42 PM John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've just added the current output of `gnucash --help` to
>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging#Command_Line_Options. It's the same as
>> Derek posted.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 22, 2021, at 3:25 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you, in that case is there documentation on the command line switches?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:06 PM John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a Windows
>>>> bug?
>>>
>>> Not odd at all, and not a bug in the sense that Microsoft did it on purpose
>>> [1]. Windows executables have a couple of bytes in their preambles that say
>>> what type they are. Console apps have stdin, stdout, and stderr and so they
>>> require a shell window of some sort (CMD and Powershell being the most
>>> common) and will open one for you if you launch them from Windows File
>>> Explorer. The others redirect the basic FDs to NULL and so they don't need
>>> a shell window. gnucash is a Windows program (no basic FDs) and gnucash-cli
>>> is a Console program (has basic FDs).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows_10/what-is-difference-between-console-application/f8bd3d4f-7c2c-4c86-a64b-41a046a38be4
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> [email protected]
> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information.
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
_______________________________________________
gnucash-user mailing list
[email protected]
To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information.
-----
Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
