ERR error="unknown shorthand flag: 'i' in -i"

[kiristern]

What happened?

is the flag --app-id supposed to point to <key>softwareVersionExternalIdentifiers</key> ?

I am trying to download a specific app version using the Build version number (obtained in iTunesMetadata.plist, see here for finding previous version IDs). However, only the flag -b is available to specify for download. Is it possible to override with -i flag to retrieve the .ipa of a specific version?

Hoping this would also solve this issue at the same time.

Version

2.1.4

Relevant log output

$ ipatool download -i 865924040
3:33PM ERR error="unknown shorthand flag: 'i' in -i" success=false

$ ipatool download --app-id 865924040 -b com.tribab.tricount.test 
3:46PM ERR error="unknown flag: --app-id"

[mfuhrer]

This feature was added in #263 (after the v2.1.4 release). Have you tried building from the latest source code?

$ go build -o ipatool
$ ipatool download -i 865924040
downloading   0% | 
2:59PM ERR error="received error: An unknown error has occurred" success=false

For me, the flag works - but I then run into the download error (not specific to your app id) which is probably a separate issue.