Noob is Confused

[ezrakong]

hi y'all, total noob to git and command line but really want to use this code. I have a Mac. I downloaded the Darwin files and unpacked them, put everything in a folder named "slackdump", but when I double click the slackdump file and it opens command line, all I see is the text below. It won't let me input any code after it runs this. What am I missing?

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/Users/macbookowner/Documents/slackdump/slackdump/slackdump ; exit;

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MacBook-Air:~ macbookowner$ /Users/macbookowner/Documents/slackdump/slackdump/slackdump ; exit;
Slackdump v2.0.0-rc Copyright (c) 2018-2022 rusq (build: 320a3bf)

2022/06/09 16:06:55 no valid input and no list flags specified
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Saving session...
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[rusq]

Hey @ezrakong, no worries.

1. You will need to open the "Terminal" (press Cmd+Space, type "Terminal", press Return).
2. Once you see the terminal window, you need to change the directory to the folder with slackdump, i.e. if you unpacked it in "Downloads", enter the following:

cd $HOME/Downloads/slackdump

The shell will substitute "$HOME" with your home directory, i.e. /Users/ezrakong/Downloads/slackdump.

Alternatively, instead of 1 and 2, you can browse in Finder to the parent folder of "slackdump", i.e., if you unpacked "slackdump" in Downloads, you need to get into "Downloads" folder. Right click on "slackdump" folder and choose "Services -> New Terminal At Folder"

3. See Usage section of the Documentation, which contains the commands to dump (a) channels/users (b) generating a normal dump (c) generating dump in Slack Export format.

Hope this is helpful, any questions - let me know.

[rusq]

Also, please download the v2 - it has better compatibility with slack export viewer, if you choose to run the workspace export and view it: https://github.com/rusq/slackdump/releases/tag/v2.0.0

[ezrakong]

Thanks so much @rusq for the detailed instructions, got it up and running and its working great!

[rusq]

No problem, glad it worked for you :) I also added a section in the doc, that links to a Unix Shell Tutorial, which I think is quite well written.

• https://github.com/rusq/slackdump/blob/master/doc/README.rst#beginner-s-guide-to-command-line