On 2021-06-19 02:51, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2021, MRAB wrote:
>
>> When it says "command line" it means the operating system's command line. If
>> it's the Python shell , it'll say "Python shell" or "Python prompt.
>
> MRAB,
>
> The root shell's (#) what I assumed. User shells (in bash, anyway) have $ as
> the prompt.
>
> Regardless,
>
> $ faker -o temp.out faker.names()
> -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> [rshepard at salmo ~]$ faker -o temp.out faker.names
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/faker", line 8, in <module>
> sys.exit(execute_from_command_line())
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/faker/cli.py", line 264, in execute_from_command_line
> command.execute()
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/faker/cli.py", line 246, in execute
> includes=arguments.include,
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/faker/cli.py", line 67, in print_doc
> provider_or_field], includes=includes)
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/faker/proxy.py", line 63, in __init__
> **config)
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/faker/factory.py", line 56, in create
> prov_cls, lang_found = cls._get_provider_class(prov_name, locale)
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/faker/factory.py", line 68, in _get_provider_class
> provider_class = cls._find_provider_class(provider, locale)
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/faker/factory.py", line 90, in _find_provider_class
> provider_module = import_module(provider_path)
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
> return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 965, in _find_and_load_unlocked
> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'faker.names'
> [rshepard at salmo ~]$
>
> It does not work from the bash command line as a user or as root.
>
>> The "root shell prompt (#)" suggests to me that it's Linux, so if you're
>> using Windows you'll need to use the equivalent for Windows.
>
> I don't do windows; defenestrated 24 years ago.
>
It looks like you're mixing some Python usage ("faker.names()") in with
command line usage.
Judging from the docs, I'd say you need something more like:
$ faker -o temp.out name
for 1 fake name or:
$ faker -r=10 -o temp.out name
for 10 fake names.