How to use CLI to fetch an item with file link into the current library

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How should I use the command line to fetch an item to my current library?
I read the documentation but is somewhat confused. If I understand it correctly, I should do

/Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/MacOS/JabRef -n -f <FETCHER:QUERY> -asfl somefile.pdf mylibrary.bib

However, nothing happens after this. There is nothing added to my bib file. I’m sure the fetcher worked because if I only run

/Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/MacOS/JabRef -f <FETCHER:QUERY>

I see an untitled library being created with the corrected item.

Even if I do

/Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/MacOS/JabRef -f <FETCHER:QUERY> mylibrary.bib

The item is added to the untitled library instead of mylibrary.
Please advise. Thank you very much in advance!

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I have never tried command line operations with Jabref, but maybe this part of the documentation might help?

Maybe this command?

  • /Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/MacOS/JabRef -f=FETCHER:QUERY true mylibrary.bib
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Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the late response.
If you are referring to the true part in the command. It was meant to be an input value for the “-n” option so that the CLI won’t treat the bib filename as the input value for “-n”. So it doesn’t seem to address the problem.
Maybe you mean something else?

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Hmm ok. What happens, if you import the entries from this untitled file, after fetching the entries from the web?

/Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/MacOS/JabRef -n -f=FETCHER:QUERY --import untitledlibrary.bib -asfl`