Templater used to pull calendar entries works on laptop but not m1 mini when using User Function

[cstott]

Taking a stab in the dark here ...

I am using templater to pull my calendar entries and insert them into my Daily Notes. The script works perfect on my laptop but not on my m1 mini. I've verified that everything running the same version. After investigating it a bit it seems to be something to do with the $PATH (i.e., they seem to be the only difference between the two computers).

Any suggestions or tips to troubleshoot this?

Note: I had previously used "Day Planner" so I still use the same format

Process:

1. Click on Calendar entry for the day I want to create a file for
2. Calendar plug-in creates a file called "Day Planner-YYYYMMDD"
3. I then execute the Templater template (cut out personalizations for my daily template)

<% tp.user.dailyEvents({CURRENT_DATE: moment(tp.file.title,'YYYYMMDD').format('YYYY-MM-DD')}) %>

• This pulls the date from the file name and passes it as CURRENT_DATE (in YYYY-MM-DD format - needed for icalbuddy)
• The script then calls the User function dailyEvents

icalBuddy -npn -nc -ic Calendar -iep "title,datetime" -tf "%H:%M" -ps "| |" -po "datetime,title" -b "- [ ] " eventsFrom:$CURRENT_DATE to:$CURRENT_DATE | awk -F '[- ]at' '{gsub(/^\s*\[\s*\]/,"");gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/,"",$2);gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/,"",$3);printf "- [ ] %s %s\n", $2, $3}'

• On my laptop I get something like the following:

- [ ] 08:00 - 08:15 Team Standup
- [ ] 09:00 - 10:00 Planning meeting
etc.

• On my mac mini I get nothing. Note: There are no errors in the console log

Observations

• After verifying that everything was running the same versions I checked my $PATH to see if they were the same.
• Macbook Path (14" macbook pro running Ventura 13.4)

/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Users/me/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:usr/local/bin

• M1 Mac Mini (M1 mini running Ventura 13.4)

/Users/me/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin

Notes

• Executing the above icalbuddy command works on both computers from zsh
• Obviously I use homebrew to install software on my computer.
• Templater is set up to use /opt/homebrew/bin/zsh as the Shell Binary Location (Templater settings page)
• Previously I had my PATH set in my zprofile. I read an article on zsh and moved my exports over to a zshenv on the laptop. The zshenv was being executed but the order came out as above (for laptop). When I moved the export commands back to the zprofile (so everything was the same) the templater no longer works on the laptop.

The obvious answer would be to set them up the same as the laptop but then that gives me errors with homebrew. I might do that but was hoping I'm missing something obvious.

Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks

[cstott]

Quick Fix

To fix this I added the path to the commands being used. User Function now looks like this:

/opt/homebrew/bin/icalBuddy -npn -nc -ic Calendar -iep "title,datetime" -tf "%H:%M" -ps "| |" -po "datetime,title" -b "- [ ] " eventsFrom:$CURRENT_DATE to:$CURRENT_DATE | /opt/homebrew/bin/awk -F '[- ]at' '{gsub(/^\s*\[\s*\]/,"");gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/,"",$2);gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/,"",$3);printf "- [ ] %s %s\n", $2, $3}'

Observations

• Created a User Function to identify the shell (by executing echo $0). Outputs /opt/homebrew/bin/zsh
• Created a User Function to see $PATH. Output same as in original comment.