Quick tweaks to README.md

[webchick]

Now that it's a Python package, here are some quick tweaks to the instructions so they work.

(This is not intending to compete with / replace #2, which is much more comprehensive work on README.md and also very much worth a look.)

[Fiewor]

Hi @jdrumgoole I tried following the instructions in the new README using PowerShell,

Now get the master file of all the GDELT files. gdeltloader --master This will generate a file named something like gdelt-master-file-04-19-2022-19-33-56.txt

but I kept getting this error (and similar errors in Command Prompt and Git Bash):

PS C:\Users\John Fiewor\Documents\Code\gdelttools> gdeltloader --master
gdeltloader : The term 'gdeltloader' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ gdeltloader --master
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (gdeltloader:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

However, following the previous instructions that were replaced by this PR: python gdelttools\gdeltloader.py --master --update worked just fine:

Getting update file from 'http://data.gdeltproject.org/gdeltv2/lastupdate.txt'
created: gdelt-update-file-04-20-2022-11-40-03.txt
Getting master file from 'http://data.gdeltproject.org/gdeltv2/masterfilelist.txt'
created: gdelt-master-file-04-20-2022-11-44-03.txt

I guess this might be something you need to look into.

[jdrumgoole]

Hi John,

Let me test on windows machine and get back to you.

Joe

On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 13:05, Fiewor John @.***> wrote:

Hi @jdrumgoole https://github.com/jdrumgoole I tried following the instructions in the new README using PowerShell,

Now get the master file of all the GDELT files. gdeltloader --master This will generate a file named something like gdelt-master-file-04-19-2022-19-33-56.txt

but I kept getting this error (and similar errors in Command Prompt and Git Bash):

PS C:\Users\John Fiewor\Documents\Code\gdelttools> gdeltloader --master gdeltloader : The term 'gdeltloader' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1

• gdeltloader --master

• 
  + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (gdeltloader:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

However, following the previous instructions that were replaced by this PR: python gdelttools\gdeltloader.py --master --update worked just fine:

Getting update file from 'http://data.gdeltproject.org/gdeltv2/lastupdate.txt' created: gdelt-update-file-04-20-2022-11-40-03.txt Getting master file from 'http://data.gdeltproject.org/gdeltv2/masterfilelist.txt' created: gdelt-master-file-04-20-2022-11-44-03.txt

I guess this might be something you need to look into.

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