Answers.Body: <p>pgnscid does not have a replacement. Instead, it is expected that you import the pgn file within a SCID database.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>On Linux, and I suppose on Mac, <strong>sc_import</strong> is the replacement for both <strong>pgnscid</strong> and <strong>scmerge</strong>. Working for me on 4.7.4 and 5.0.2. Not working on 4.5.2 -- <em>Error importing &quot;foo.pgn&quot;</em>, even for the simplest test pgn. I haven't used scid on Windows, maybe someone can chime in there.</p>
  <pre><code>$ head -n 6 /usr/games/sc_import
  #!/bin/sh
  
  # sc_import:
  #     Import PGN files of games into an existing Scid database.
  #
  # Usage:  sc_import &lt;scid-database&gt; &lt;pgn-files....&gt;
  $ 
  </code></pre>
  <p><strong>sc_import</strong> uses version 4 databases even in scid-5.0.2, and it's a little fussier about the format of the pgn games it accepts than was <strong>pgnscid</strong>. To mimic <strong>pgnscid</strong>, create a new blank database in the GUI (e.g. template.sg4, template.si4, template.sn4) and import to that, leaving off the extension:</p>
  <pre><code>$ sc_import template my.pgn
  </code></pre>
  <p>For scripting, <strong>cp</strong> the three empty template files and import to the copy.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Last <strong>Scid</strong> versions come without <strong>pgnscid</strong> shipped with it. That happens since version 4.6.0, when it was removed because it was stated as <em>obsolete</em>, according to changelog.</p>
  
  <p>I guess that if <strong>pgnscid</strong> is now obsolete must be because another executable can be used to do what the former did, a command line utility to convert a pgn file into a scid database, but I'm not able to find out how to do it with the other executables packed with <strong>Scid</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>Does anybody have a clue on which is <strong>pgnscid</strong> replacement?</p>
  
Tags: <scid>
Title: Replacement for pgnscid
ThreadText: # Replacement for pgnscid
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-30)
  
  Last **Scid** versions come without **pgnscid** shipped with it. That happens since version 4.6.0, when it was removed because it was stated as *obsolete*, according to changelog.
  
  I guess that if **pgnscid** is now obsolete must be because another executable can be used to do what the former did, a command line utility to convert a pgn file into a scid database, but I'm not able to find out how to do it with the other executables packed with **Scid**.
  
  Does anybody have a clue on which is **pgnscid** replacement?
  
  **Tags:** scid
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-31. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  pgnscid does not have a replacement. Instead, it is expected that you import the pgn file within a SCID database.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2024-11-05. Score: 0
  
  On Linux, and I suppose on Mac, **sc\_import** is the replacement for both **pgnscid** and **scmerge**. Working for me on 4.7.4 and 5.0.2. Not working on 4.5.2 -- *Error importing "foo.pgn"*, even for the simplest test pgn. I haven't used scid on Windows, maybe someone can chime in there.
  
  ```
  $ head -n 6 /usr/games/sc_import
  #!/bin/sh
  
  # sc_import:
  #     Import PGN files of games into an existing Scid database.
  #
  # Usage:  sc_import <scid-database> <pgn-files....>
  $ 
  
  ```
  
  **sc\_import** uses version 4 databases even in scid-5.0.2, and it's a little fussier about the format of the pgn games it accepts than was **pgnscid**. To mimic **pgnscid**, create a new blank database in the GUI (e.g. template.sg4, template.si4, template.sn4) and import to that, leaving off the extension:
  
  ```
  $ sc_import template my.pgn
  
  ```
  
  For scripting, **cp** the three empty template files and import to the copy.
  
  
  ---
  
  