sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SystemExit

[!] %s

Error message

[!] %s

What it means

Error "[!] %s" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/parse/cmdline.py:1198

                    if not found:
                        get_groups(parser).remove(group)
            elif '=' in argv[i] and not argv[i].startswith('-') and argv[i].split('=')[0] in longOptions and re.search(r"\A-{1,2}\w", argv[i - 1]) is None:
                dataToStdout("[!] detected usage of long-option without a starting hyphen ('%s')\n" % argv[i])
                raise SystemExit

        for verbosity in [_ for _ in argv if re.search(r"\A\-v+\Z", _)]:  # Note: list (not a generator) - the loop mutates argv (del), which would desync a live generator and leave a stray '-v' for argparse to choke on
            try:
                if argv.index(verbosity) == len(argv) - 1 or not argv[argv.index(verbosity) + 1].isdigit():
                    conf.verbose = verbosity.count('v')
                    del argv[argv.index(verbosity)]
            except (IndexError, ValueError):
                pass

        try:
            (args, _) = parser.parse_known_args(argv) if hasattr(parser, "parse_known_args") else parser.parse_args(argv)
        except UnicodeEncodeError as ex:
            dataToStdout("\n[!] %s\n" % getUnicode(ex.object.encode("unicode-escape")))
            raise SystemExit
        except SystemExit:
            if "-h" in argv and not advancedHelp:
                dataToStdout("\n[!] to see full list of options run with '-hh'\n")
            raise

        if extraHeaders:
            if not args.headers:
                args.headers = ""
            delimiter = "\\n" if "\\n" in args.headers else "\n"
            args.headers += delimiter + delimiter.join(extraHeaders)

        # Expand given mnemonic options (e.g. -z "ign,flu,bat")
        for i in xrange(len(argv) - 1):
            if argv[i] == "-z":
                expandMnemonics(argv[i + 1], parser, args)

        if args.dummy:
            args.url = args.url or DUMMY_URL

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/parse/cmdline.py:1198 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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