Thanks xeroc. I did get a response, but it's no longer in my command history. It's only a token amount. I did try restarting the client.
I've reproduced again. Sending 1 bts, which gets lost + the 0.5 fee.
walletxxx (locked) >>> wallet_unlock 999 OK
walletxxx (unlocked) >>> wallet_account_balance
ACCOUNT BALANCE
============================================================
xxxx 6.68812 BTS
walletxxx (unlocked) >>> wallet_transfer 1 BTS xxxx xxxx
TIMESTAMP BLOCK FROM TO AMOUNT MEMO FEE ID
======================================================================================================================================================================
2014-11-20T11:56:52 PENDING xxxx xxxx 1.00000 BTS 0.50000 BTS 595ce3bd
Email bb622c02e7a24b9537811389f827c1dbea9f496a sent successfully, and is now known as 0007b2a486a46f471b941046c0f9e78344aa801a.
walletxxx (unlocked) >>>
walletxxx (unlocked) >>> wallet_account_balance
ACCOUNT BALANCE
============================================================
xxxx 5.18812 BTS
walletxxx (unlocked) >>>
--- there are now 15 active connections to the p2p network
I should add, I'm running HEAD revision (probably silly)
walletxxx (unlocked) >>> about
{
"blockchain_name": "BitShares",
"blockchain_description": "The Future of Banking",
"client_version": "v0.4.24-248-g5ea07f6",
"bitshares_toolkit_revision": "5ea07f645693debbac9e343ad8b2aa05c87b89ec",
"bitshares_toolkit_revision_age": "14 hours ago",
"fc_revision": "5dbab6ba11e711b762d3e8dcaf924f2254266c32",
"fc_revision_age": "17 hours ago",
"compile_date": "compiled on Nov 20 2014 at 09:49:51",
"boost_version": "1.55",
"openssl_version": "OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014",
"build": "linux 64-bit"
}