Syntax Error When Attempting to Run 'underscore'

[Stunner]

Installed this script following instructions from the README and am seeing the following error:

$ underscore
/usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.30.1/versions/io.js/v1.2.0/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:69
        .join(' ');
         ^
TypeError: undefined is not a function
    at /usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.30.1/versions/io.js/v1.2.0/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:69:10
    at Array.map (native)
    at Command.commandHelp (/usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.30.1/versions/io.js/v1.2.0/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:62:6)
    at Command.helpInformation (/usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.30.1/versions/io.js/v1.2.0/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:193:26)
    at printHelp (/usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.30.1/versions/io.js/v1.2.0/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:246:25)
    at main (/usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.30.1/versions/io.js/v1.2.0/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:792:5)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.30.1/versions/io.js/v1.2.0/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:1024:3)
    at Module._compile (module.js:446:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:464:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:341:32)

Please note, I'm using Mac OS X version 10.10.5.

[tugberkugurlu]

same here:

underscore help                                       
Unknown command: 'help'
/usr/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:69
        .join(' ');
         ^

TypeError: _(...).map(...).join is not a function
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:69:10
    at Array.map (native)
    at Command.commandHelp (/usr/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:62:6)
    at Command.helpInformation (/usr/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:193:26)
    at printHelp (/usr/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:243:27)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:802:7)
    at emitOne (events.js:77:13)
    at Command.emit (events.js:169:7)
    at Command.parseArgs (/usr/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/node_modules/commander/lib/commander.js:408:12)
    at Command.parse (/usr/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/node_modules/commander/lib/commander.js:352:15)

[jinleileiking]

➜ ~ git:(master) ✗ underscore
/home/lk/.jumbo/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:69
.join(' ');
^
TypeError: undefined is not a function
at /home/lk/.jumbo/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:69:10
at Array.map (native)
at Command.commandHelp (/home/lk/.jumbo/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:62:6)
at Command.helpInformation (/home/lk/.jumbo/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:191:26)
at printHelp (/home/lk/.jumbo/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:244:25)
at main (/home/lk/.jumbo/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:790:5)
at Object. (/home/lk/.jumbo/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:1022:3)
at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)

[f3lang]

same here

same here

>>> underscore -h
ERROR with '0': TypeError: cmd.match is not a function
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:97:21
    at String.replace (native)
    at Function.module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/node_modules/underscore.string/map.js:8:14)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:95:14
    at String.replace (native)
    at Function.module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/node_modules/underscore.string/map.js:8:14)
    at Command.examplesHelp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:88:12)
    at Command.helpInformation (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:207:26)
    at Command.outputHelp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/node_modules/commander/lib/commander.js:994:29)
    at outputHelpIfNecessary (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/node_modules/commander/lib/commander.js:1061:11)

[maqic]

same

[jinleileiking]

use pjson instead.

[carljokl]

Same error. Given the thread it doesn't look like there is a work around.

Another good tool is jq

Just switched to it

[csabahenk]

Does any of these alternatives support the kind of smart pretty printing underscore-cli had?

I mean, dumb is like this:

$ echo '[[[["This is a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long text" ]]]]' |  python -mjson.tool
[
    [
        [
            [
                "This is a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long text"
            ]
        ]
    ]
]
$ echo '[[[[1]]]]' | python -mjson.tool
[
    [
        [
            [
                1
            ]
        ]
    ]
]

Smart is like this:

 echo '[[[["This is a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long text" ]]]]' | underscore print       
[
  [
    [
      [
        "This is a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long text"
      ]
    ]
  ]
]
$ echo '[[[[1]]]]' | underscore print  
[[[[1]]]]

It's a killer feature when you have to dig through a lenghty JSON data by eye.

---

Edit: yeah I checked, both pjson and jq are dumb :(

[csabahenk]

By the way, I have a working installation with these deps deployed:

/home/csaba/node/src/underscore-cli $ npm list
underscore-cli@0.2.17 /home/csaba/node/src/underscore-cli
├── coffee-script@1.6.3
├── commander@2.0.0
├── JSONSelect@0.4.0
├─┬ mocha@1.14.0
│ ├── debug@0.7.3
│ ├── diff@1.0.7
│ ├─┬ glob@3.2.3
│ │ ├── graceful-fs@2.0.1
│ │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
│ │ └─┬ minimatch@0.2.12
│ │   ├── lru-cache@2.3.1
│ │   └── sigmund@1.0.0
│ ├── growl@1.7.0
│ ├─┬ jade@0.26.3
│ │ ├── commander@0.6.1
│ │ └── mkdirp@0.3.0
│ └── mkdirp@0.3.5
├── msgpack@0.2.1
├── underscore@1.5.2
└── underscore.string@2.3.3

So the fix could be to enforce these exact versions.

[rubycut]

+1

[smartifier-reilly]

I also get "TypeError: _(...).map(...).join is not a function" MacOs 10.11.12 (El Capitan)

$ underscore
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:69
.join(' ');
^

TypeError: _(...).map(...).join is not a function
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:69:10
at Array.map (native)
at Command.commandHelp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:62:6)
at Command.helpInformation (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:193:26)
at printHelp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:246:25)
at main (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:792:5)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/underscore-cli/bin/underscore:1024:3)
at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
at Module.load (module.js:357:32)

[brianspolarich]

+1 (10.11.4)