Can not remove Watchers from Stories using CLI

[JT]

I am trying to remove a Watcher from all of the issues in a project. Using the CLI command below, the users was removed from all issues with an issuetype of BUG, but was not removed from issues with an issuetype of STORY

./jira.sh --action runFromIssueList --search "key in watchedIssues() and project='User File Management'" --common "--action removeWatchers --issue @issue@ --userId user.name"

I also tried using the --type parameter with no luck. How do I remove Watchers from stories?

We are in JIRA 5.2.8.

[JT · Accepted solution]

I was able to resolve this by changing the search parameters. by removing 'key in watchedIssues()' and just search on the project, all issues were returned and the watcher was removed.

[Bob Swift]

Strange. I suppose it is too late now, but did the JQL (key in watchIssues()) return stories from the UI?

[JT]

Sorry Bob,

I missed this question.

Yes, the JQL returns stories when run from the UI.