Error: Got unexpected extra argument for --user

[bthahn]

When I run the following in powershell I get - Error: Got unexpected extra argument ( --user user1 --user user2 --user user3 --user user4 --user user5 --user user6 --user user7 --user user8)

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$userlist= "--user user1 --user user2 --user user3 --user user4 --user user5 --user user6 --user user7 --user user8"

python -m bdfr download $OutputPath " $userlist" --submitted -v --no-dupes --search-existing --folder-scheme '{REDDITOR}' --file-scheme '{TITLE}_{POSTID}`

If I replace $userlist with --user user1 --user user2 --user user3 --user user4 --user user5 --user user6 --user user7 --user user8 the command works correctly. How do I get it to use the content of the variable?

[Serene-Arc]

At a guess, it's because you have the quotes around $userlist in the command. This will input it as a single string and prevent splitting. You want the splitting, so it's causing the error.

[bthahn]

python -m bdfr download $OutputPath $userlist --submitted -v --no-dupes --search-existing --folder-scheme '{REDDITOR}' --file-scheme '{TITLE}_{POSTID}'

Gives me the error Error: No such option: --user user1 --user user2 --user user3 --user user4 --user user5 --user user6 --user user7 --user user8

[Serene-Arc]

I don't know Powershell sorry, look up variable splitting and see what the way to do it is. The BDFR looks like it's reading the entire string as a single option

[bthahn]

That was it! Thank you.

running

$userlist = $userlist -split " "

before the python command resolved the issue.

[Serene-Arc]

Great :) glad it worked