Configuring cron using wp-cli on local server with Mamp Pro
Here's an example wp-cli command I use that works:

/home/ubuntu/wp-cli/wp-cli --require=/home/ubuntu/wp-cli/civicrm.php --path=/var/www/wordpress civicrm api job.execute &gt; /dev/null


I hope that helps!

UPDATE: I see your problem!  "/path/to/wp" means, "path to wp-cli, including wp-cli".  I completely looked past that part at the beginning, since that's not generally where the problems are found.

Usually, "wp-cli" is aliased to "wp" so it can automatically include the CiviCRM extension - but with cron, I usually just use the require directly.

So log into your computer and type which wp-cli.  Let's say it returns /usr/bin/local/wp-cli.  Replace ONLY the first path to WP with that, so it looks like:

To forestall your next question about why it doesn't work - the  is a placeholder, and the angle brackets should NOT be included in the actual statement.  Angle brackets are a common way in documentation of command-line programs to say, "insert your value here".  So instead of &lt;philnicoll&gt;, just write philnicoll.

You should be left with something like:

/usr/bin/local/wp-cli --user=philnicholl --url=http://thetestsite.dev:8888 --path=/users/phillip/Sites/thetestsite.dev civicrm api job.execute auth=0