Terminal - Permission Denied

I typed

star@stars-iMac documents % ~/bw create attachment --file/Users/star/documents/encrypted.asc --itemid 1e787638-a5cb-59ff-ab17-ac600041e3b5

error: unknown option '--file/Users/star/documents/encrypted.asc'

star@stars-iMac documents % 

All the same it is not possible to create an attachment -strange . But also some elementary knowledge I need to know. the ls ~/tools I now learned -some progress .

It can be that I type in a 1 . wrong item id ? 2 . a wrong file name 3. wrong location .

But when I type documents % ~ ls **/encrypted.asc it is showing clearly that the file is in documents and it most be in the directory of documents as I am searcing there . So the location is wery clear and the file extenstion is clear - but I get 4 itemid to this file - encrypted.asc

Is there any way to see if this shell is correctly configured ? Or how to werify its normalcy ?

star@stars-iMac ~ % ~/bw create attachment --file ~/Documents/encrypted.asc --itemid ea1d9897-1289-4bb1-ba0d-ad9f0008d8ce 

? Master password: [hidden]

Not found.

star@stars-iMac ~ % 

Space ? I tried even with folder id as I could see the folder id too. Not found . But I see clearly both in finder and in the terminal in the directory Documents that this folder or file is there. Not found .

But I think I do some spelling misstakes .

Bw stands for Bitwarden - they do a great service and I am wery happy for them except when this kinds of things happen.

Bitwarden is a really good company ,since I use Bitwarden and Duo Mobile I had no any problems with my accounts which are 100 ds . and more. Using Bitwarden along with the 2fa DUO mobile is really a good invention.

The only drawback with Bw is that it is not so nearly userfriendly -I am a business man and not a computer genius -but to use Bw one needs to be sure a COMPUTER ENGEENER TOO .

Apple has this KEY CHAIN -but the passwordgenerator is too small -also I discovered APPLE KEY CHAIN too late when I already registered with Bw . It would be a sensation if Apple could offer a similar service as Bw with a real support only for that compartment.

I recommend for all people to use any passwordgenerator along with the 2fa -but it seems that not so many are willing to use it.

Bw maybe not the best as it is not that easy to manage -but sure there are others which are more human.

star@stars-iMac ~ % ~/bw create attachment -- file ~/documents/mailfence recovery_codes.txt -- itemid 6e716541-a5cb-35ff-ab17-bc700041e3b1 

? Master password: [hidden]

`itemid` option is required.

star@stars-iMac ~ % 

I typed …. attachment - - file and then .txt - - itemid so I give a space between but now it says ´ itemid option is required ´

</> this is not clear at all what this means ?? Posting code here ?? What code ? You mean the itemid? That is an id and not a code and it is not real .

The lattermost issue is (here) harmless, but using the wrong case in other places within the shell can be bad. Adding spaces can be catastrophic in some commands and places, too.

This I understand. But I need help from here - somebody whom can show me in live what to do .I do not understand anything of this sentence : You really need to use </> tags when posting code here.

What this really means </> ? and what code ?

As I looked up ls -l I have no permission to change anything on the macintos disc so I need to change this too - as I think .

star@stars-iMac ~ % ~/bw get item Documents/recovery_codes.txt
? Master password: [hidden]
Not found.
star@stars-iMac ~ % 

Ah ,now I understand the meaning of </> tags . by typing bw get item here I try to get the id number of the file recovery_codes.txt I searched with the command ls **/ and it showed that this file is in the documents and it is in the documents . Still the ID number is not found. The information I get from You and Ruggiero are wery useful . Now I will try to get the ID number of this file -but really I do not know how.

star@stars-iMac documents % ls --l
ls: unrecognized option `--l'
usage: ls [-@ABCFGHILOPRSTUWabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxy1%,] [--color=when] [-D format] [file ...]

Thanks for this wery useful information - after a long time only I got an explanation what thesse [ ] brackets means - thesse are not ordinary brackets ? As I typed ( surely ) something wrong this usage : Ls appeared and thes brackets [] . But as you say thesse are not part(s) of a command - thesse [] is only an instruction or explanation how to use the ls command ? After Ls there are 4 possibilities inside the brackets [] the first one is someting [-@ABCF…… difficult to understand what it can be the second one [ —color …. this is also something to type ls —color as I think The third one [ -D format ] difficult to understand the 4 th one is also not clear [ file ….]

Yes the dashes - - should not be separated from the name - that will break the command as they are one and not separate.

To prevent the command processor from seeing the space character in the file name you should enclose the complete file name in double quotes. This hides the space character and it will not act as the split character.

This on the other hand is not really clear . in double quotes ? You mean tesse marks ” ” ?

The itemid can be wrong -also I have not permission to change documents .Not as I seen , not in any directory I have permission to anything there except as I seen read and write ….

But then this also : How to get the files item id ?

The Bitwarden support could not figure this either out - but it is here where the Cat is burried - also Bitwarden is not so a userfriendly app -surely it is a great help -but when one tries with thesse things then this Cat will be burried .

Also the support wrote type [ bw get mailfence ] but I discovered that I need to type [ bw get mailfence.com ] With this command one should get the files item id -or what it is now .

But when I type this bw get mailfence.com

I get thesse numbers

More than one result was found. Try getting a specific object by `id` instead. The following objects were found:
8u9d3935-904b-4ea0-919b-ac600012d0a8
6e716738-a5cb-45ff-ab17-ac600041e7b1
ebb4d9a3-9122-4112-9b99-ac72014bbabd
31b327d0-bf2e-3218-bf2c-ac6000410112

But thesse most be the item id ? Or file ide ? What is what is not clear here at all . In the documents it is this file recovery_codes.txt But as you say there are not an item identifier in my FINDER - then how to get an ITEM IDENTIFIER ?

The numbers I changed randomly so there is no danger to leave them out here .

As I suspect I need some more knowledge about the different aspects of the terminal itself -then I can talk with them on their terminal laguage -as it is now it is better to study the terminal -this will take some months or even 1 year .I do not know how to or where to get a terminal course here in Sweden .I also wrote to some schools here in Sweden -but then one need to be in their University or what it is -now so much I do not need to know .

Also there are too much hurry with ewerything here and I am not so much in that mood. The terminal is wery important -not only for Bw but for ewerything . As I seen in the terminal things are accomplished in a few minutes which othervise may take a hour or more -it is wery important subject -but also as you said -the terminal can be tangled or even crashing the whole computer if not careful .This why I am not doing there anything so much . But difficult to get a terminal Guru here.

star@stars-iMac ~ % /Users/star/Documents/mailfence\ encrypted\ ask
zsh: permission denied: /Users/star/Documents/mailfence encrypted ask
star@stars-iMac ~ % 

As you see I get allways thesse output : permission denied - and no matter whatever I draw there from the finder this allways appears.

-rw-rw-r--

This is what appears in documents after the ls -l command .I think I have no any permissions to anything there - but this has probably nothing to do with the Macintos disc -as you wrote : ..I will not be able to wrote anything there if the disc changes - so it is better to not to touch that disc.

star@stars-iMac ~ % ~/bw create attachment --file "~/documents/mailfence recovery_codes.txt" --itemid 2d6d3935-324b-9ea0-819b-ac700021d0a5 
? Master password: [hidden]
Cannot find file at /Users/star/~/documents/mailfence recovery_codes.txt
star@stars-iMac ~ % 

As you see Cannot find file .

But the correct file name is : mailfence recovery_codes.txt

So what is then the correct file name ?

Yes probably I will contact Bitwarden in near future .

ls -l command gives a lots of no no no results that is -rw-r- - r - - -

   drwx------@  264 star  staff       8448 25 Sep 03:14 Documents

but here this most mean read. write .execute ? So I may have permission to change things in the directory of documents.

star@stars-iMac ~ % ls **/recovery_codes.txt
Documents/recovery_codes.txt
star@stars-iMac ~ % 

The shell found it in Documents the ls **/ command is really nice -it finds most of my typing .The location is important .

I think that the main problem here is that the correct ITEMID is missing - and how to get that is a mysteri . Probably better it is to create a new folder and then somehow give it a new ITEMID number.

I think that somewhat most be possible to either find the correct itemid number or get a new one.

Thanks for the useful info -this will take time to understand -it is difficult but not impossible .

     star@stars-iMac ~ % ~/bw get item mailfence recovery_codes.txt
? Master password: [hidden]
More than one result was found. Try getting a specific object by `id` instead. The following objects were found:
1d9d3935-894b-4ea0-312b-ac600032d0a8
4e716798-a5cb-45ff-ab37-ac600041e3b1
092ba11b-104b-7dda-8831-b04e0008051c
ebb4d9a3-7712-4112-9b99-ac72014bbcbd 
91b167d0-bf2e-2704-bf2c-ac6000910112
star@stars-iMac ~ % 

As you see several item id appears and I type in only 1 of thesse 5 when I try to create a bw create attachment -maybe this causes the wrong output too ?? But thesse are the itemid numbers ? Or something else ?

Or it maybe so that I need to create a folder ITEMID ? I think here the problem is with the ITEMID number -probably so .

I will read and look at what you recomending above.

The numbers are all changed so any people can read it without danger . Thesse are recovery codes and in itself has no any importance - they may probably not even valid by this time .

I mean that thesse ID s contain the recovery codes -thesse are not the recovery codes - but probably the files item id numbers .