Running a shell script

[d.healey]

@tomekslesicki I see.

I've posted an example of this before, but what you need to do is get a File reference to /usr/bin/bash (or whatever the path is to the terminal on MacOS).

Then you call startAsProcess on that and pass in your remove_file.sh in the parentheses.

[Dan Korneff]

What about using an AppleScript instead? This will pop up the MacOS system dialog to enter a password.

[tomekslesicki]

@Dan-Korneff tell me how! :D

[Dan Korneff]

@tomekslesicki I think something like this:

#!/bin/zsh
osascript <<EOF
do shell script "rm -rf '/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Plugin.component'; rm -rf '/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Plugin.vst3'" with administrator privileges
EOF

killall Terminal

with administrator privileges will pop up the password dialog

[tomekslesicki]

@Dan-Korneff thanks! What extension should I save this under?

[Dan Korneff]

@tomekslesicki Use the .sh extension and then chmod +x on the file so it's executable.

[tomekslesicki]

@Dan-Korneff it still opens in XCode here becuase it's set as the default app for .sh files.

@d-healey I found your older post about this where you suggested using:

const oc = FileSystem.fromAbsolutePath("/usr/bin/open");

and then:

oc.startAsProcess(bashScript);

But the problem is I can't figure out the path to shell using this method.

[d.healey]

@tomekslesicki said in Running a shell script:

I can't figure out the path to shell

You can type which bash into the terminal and it will give you the path.

[tomekslesicki]

@d-healey thanks! It should then be

const oc = FileSystem.fromAbsolutePath("/bin/bash");

but it doesn't open the script then.

[Dan Korneff]

@tomekslesicki said in Running a shell script:

it still opens in XCode here becuase it's set as the default app for .sh files.

Ahh.. I see. Well, you have 2 options with that. #1 is to change the extension.
I think the .command will automatically open terminal.

The other option is to use tell application "Terminal" which would activate the Terminal and run your script:
https://superuser.com/questions/195633/applescript-to-open-a-new-terminal-window-in-current-space

I haven't done that before, but here's what GPT says:

Force Terminal to launch and execute the script by explicitly passing the shell command to Terminal.app:

#!/bin/zsh
osascript <<EOF
tell application "Terminal"
    activate
    do script "zsh '${PWD}/DeletePlugin.sh'"
end tell
EOF

This launches Terminal, activates it, and runs your script using zsh, ignoring file type associations

[d.healey]

@Dan-Korneff said in Running a shell script:

The other option is to use tell application "Terminal" which would activate the Terminal and run your script:

But this is within the script, so won't trigger until the script is running, which will already be in xcode.

[d.healey]

@tomekslesicki said in Running a shell script:

but it doesn't open the script then.

What are you passing to startAsProcess?

[tomekslesicki]

@Dan-Korneff Thank you, changing the extension to .command works like a charm!

[ustk]

@Dan-Korneff said in Running a shell script:

I think the .command will automatically open terminal.

Seriously ? I searched for hours and GPT couldn't say more than "use Automator to start the shell automatically..."
Your're the man