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bepaald / signalbackup-tools

Tool to work with Signal Backup files.
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--output doesn't work in combination with other commands #218

Closed drzraf closed 2 months ago

drzraf commented 2 months ago

Running --runsqlquery "SELECT * mms WHERE thread_id = 1" --output foobar or --listrecipients --no-showprogress --output foobar will not what is expected. Instead of directing the output, it runs the first command then proceeds with a full export stored inside foobar.

bepaald commented 2 months ago

That is what is expected: --output sets an output file. I believe this is clearly documented, and nowhere is it suggested otherwise.

That's why, for example, it is possible to actually make changes using --runsqlquery and then write a new backup file with these changes in it.

Not sure what you expected actually, to write the console output to a file? If you want the output of your query, I suggest you simply redirect the output to a file, copy-paste it from your terminal window, or use the --logfile [file] option to write a log file.

In any case, this is clearly not a bug. Thanks!