How to redirect output

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I am sorry, I simply copy-pasted part of your initial command line to my answer, just changed order. I must have checked also that there should be no = between --outdir and myDir.

Which again reinforces the statement that one should look at the documentation (in this case, --help output) closely in case of such errors.

And also: why do you use the "wiki" checkbox? I'm just curious why would people think they need to check it??? See this my proposal for background of my curiosity.

I improved the error message that LO will give in the case when you put --outdir in the wrong place. The wrong spelling error message (like "--outdir=myDir"), however, will stay as it is now.

Thank you, that worked. My original command was pieced together based on various Net postings, so that = sign someone either goofed when they posted, or the behavior changed since that time. As to the help page it's too dense and intimidating. It suffers from a severe lack of white space for starters. I think that would go a long way - right now the eyes tend to glaze over, especially around the parts we're talking about now. Finally, the difference between --headless and not using it is:

(soffice:27333): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "hcengine",

(soffice:27333): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large

(soffice:27346): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "hcengine",

(soffice:27346): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large

(soffice:27346): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large

--headless eliminates the above messages.

Actually... got one more thing to mention. Your statement about "using stdout for our output instead of stderr"... the simple solution is to add a --quiet (-q) option. Thanks!

I guess I have more finallys... I checked the wiki box because I thought it would be more helpful to others. The fact that no karma is awarded is a bit confusing. I didn't realize it was telling me that by NOT checking the box, I WOULD get karma. I agree with the comments made about your proposal, which is that someone should have greater reputation to check the box. In fact, it shouldn't even be displayed for those not experienced enough to know what it really means.

Your improved error message is a great improvement. However, the = sign issue is a real gotcha. Look at the syntax for infilter and env:UserInstallation. Both include = signs. So why would outdir not include an = sign? Inconsistent option syntax isn't good and leads to the kind of mistake I made. Add the vague error message to the mix and well.. here we are :)

Having now thought about it for 5 more minutes, unless there's a good reason I'm unaware of, it really should simply accept the = sign and treat it the same as white space. i.e. ignore it and process the option in normal fashion. That's my opinion anyway. Thanks for all the help!

May I suggest adding CSV in as one of the examples in the help section, what's scattered around the Net is vastly different from what actually works. CSV is likely used more than any other format, due to it being universally used to import & export data.