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Espressif SoC serial bootloader utility
https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esptool
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running esptool.py -h fails (ESPTOOL-695) #887

Closed rwblues closed 1 year ago

rwblues commented 1 year ago

Operating System

W 8.1

Esptool Version

the latest version, download on 8 June 2023

Python Version

3.7.3 py and 3.11.3

Full Esptool Command Line that Was Run

py esptool.py -h

Esptool Output

C:\Users\rwbdev\Desktop>py esptool.py -h
  File "C:\Users\rwbdev\Desktop\esptool.py", line 7
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    ^
 syntaxError: invalid syntax

What is the Expected Behaviour?

disply help text on monitor

More Information

No response

Other Steps to Reproduce

No response

radimkarnis commented 1 year ago

Hi @rwblues, you are probably trying to run some other file (maybe coincidentally also named esptool.py?)

The line <!DOCTYPE html> is not present anywhere in the esptool source code - and it's definitely not Python.

Try following the installation instructions.