I have 2 scripts 1st is bash and 2nd is AppleScript on my macOS 10.14 mojave. I am calling AppleScript from Bash and getting error. If I run AppleScript directly it will run without any issue.
If I run bash script to execute AppleScript I will get dialog "ERROR: Unable to find application identifier."
If I run AppleScript in Script Editor it will show correct (org.mozilla.firefox) application identifier with dialog.
Why its not showing application identifier when I run bash script to execute AppleScript.
Bash script :
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/osascript /Users/mymac/Desktop/tst.scpt
AppleScript :
property IDI : "NOTSET"
try
set IDI to bundle identifier of (info for (path to application "Firefox"))
display dialog " Identifier is " with title "Test" buttons {"Exit"} default answer IDI
end try
if IDI is "NOTSET" then
display dialog "ERROR: Unable to find application identifier." with title "Test" buttons {"Exit"}
return
end if
I cant put both script into one need them separately in scripts.
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I'm trying to create a mac "app" using automator that basically calls a .command file to do all the work. The command file will be in the same dir as the .app but i'm falling at the first which is - get the current directory of the .app file thats been clicked to determine the file location of the .command file.
i've tried
SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
echo "-- $SCRIPTPATH"
This just returns my users director - basically ~
The app itself is in a dir on the Desktop example: ~/Desktop/foo/my.app
I've also tried
here="`dirname \"$0\"`"
echo "cd-ing to $here"
cd "$here" || exit 1
neither work.
ultimately i need to call my.command to run the command but need to know its actual position - or even relative to the app so that it'll fire. currently i get the error that it can't find the my.command as its not located in the root of my user account (since i wont have control over where it can be placed on the end users machine).
Any pointers on what i can do to solve this much appreciated.
Note: To answer - why am i using an app which has a terminal script to call a .command which is essentially a script - basically because if you do it this way a terminal doesn't actually pop up.. which for this demo is what i need to happen.
As you did not include explicit details of your Automator workflow, saved as an application, I'm presenting the following as an example of how to have and Automator app, e.g. my.app, execute the e.g. my.command script file, that which is located in the same folder as e.g. my.app is.
For the purpose of the example, I created a folder named foo on my Desktop, in which my.app was saved along with the my.command script file.
The Automator application workflow uses a Run AppleScript action to accomplish the goal.
Replace the default code with the following example AppleScript code:
set myCommandFilename to "my.command"
set myAppPathAlias to path to me
tell application "System Events"
set myDirName to POSIX path of container of myAppPathAlias
set myCommandFilePathname to myDirName & "/" & myCommandFilename
set myCommandFilenameExists to exists file myCommandFilePathname
end tell
if myCommandFilenameExists then
try
do shell script myCommandFilePathname's quoted form
on error eStr number eNum
display dialog eStr & " number " & eNum ¬
buttons {"OK"} default button 1 ¬
with title "File I/O Error..." with icon stop
end try
else
display dialog "A necessary file, ' " & myCommandFilePathname & ¬
"', is missing!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 ¬
with title "Missing File..." with icon stop
end if
Note: Change my.command to the actual filename. The rest of the example AppleScript code should not need to be modified.
If my.app is launched and the my.command script file is not in the same folder as my.app, then an error message will be displayed, e.g.:
If my.app is launched and the my.command script file doesn't have its executable bit set, then this error message will be displayed, e.g.:
Also, if the my.command script file does not exit cleanly, it too will display an error message, e.g.:
The content of the error message will vary based on the content of the e.g. my.command script file, how it's coded and how it fails. This example is worst case scenario in that it lets you know something failed, but not what failed.
Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and does not contain any additional error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors.
For example in the tutorial here
tell application "Finder"
Finder is an app in my system.
Terminal as well.
However, if I replace Terminal with iTerm which is also an App named like that in my applications list, it wouldn't work. Even it is shown in some of the answer from SO like following
#!/bin/bash
osascript -e '
tell app "iTerm"
activate
tell the first terminal
launch session "Default Session"
tell the last session
set name to "New Session"
write text "cd /usr/bin; ls"
end tell
end tell
end tell'
it will return error of
52:60: syntax error: Expected class name but found identifier. (-2741)
Or something like
#!/bin/bash
osascript -e '
tell application "Terminal"
do script "date"
activate
end tell'
It works, but when I replace Terminal to iTerm it returns error of 35:41: syntax error: Expected end of line but found “script”. (-2741)
So suspect I am using the wrong app name even it appears to be iTerm is the actual app name, but it seems not, as it caused error above. If I can have a list of the actual app names I can use, it may help me to tackle it
*NOTE: I do have iTerm installed, and that's why I want to refer to it...
My applescript gave correct output when ran inside automator as service with no input but it gives error message when ran outside automator (safari, preview etc.)
It also gives correct output when ran through applescript editor, no problem running it with safari, preview or any other application.
The reason I was so keen to get it done with automator was that I don't want to install a 3rd party app just for assigning one shortcut to one script.
I debugged this portion which after removing from code allowed automator to run the script. Ran it with try, error in automator & viola, no issues at all.
But I want to know why this code earlier & without try-error function was giving the error messages when ran outside automator application.
Here's the portion of the script with try-error function:
try
set writ to do shell script "/usr/bin/python Users/[username]/Documents/tech_toolkit/windtitle"
tell application writ
if the (count of windows) is not 0 then
set window_title to name of front window
end if
end tell
on error
delay 2
end try
For shell script /windtitle , windtitle is an executable file
#!/usr/bin/env python
from AppKit import NSWorkspace
active_app_name = NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().frontmostApplication().localizedName()
print active_app_name
The error is:
Your python script return the "Automator Runner" application when it run as service , it's
the frontmost in the background but not in the foreground.
To get the frontmost application, use this script:
try
tell application (path to frontmost application as text)
set window_title to name of front window
set writ to its name -- get the name of this application
end tell
on error
return -- quit this script, because this application is not scriptable, or no window
end try
So I made a script in applescript that uses the "do shell script" command to run a terminal command for google apps manager (if you dont know what that is,it isnt important). I am making a cocoa applescript application and wanted to include this script in the functionalities. The script basically resets passwords for users.
Below I have provided the script in script editor and in xcode. The problem I am running into is that the script works just fine when I run it through script editor but it doesn't work when I run it in xcode. The error is as follows in bold.
--
2015-08-11 18:49:03.205 DMA Tech Team[16153:1910832] *** -[AppDelegate Passwordreset:]: python: can't open file 'Users/Nikhil/Desktop/gam/gam.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory (error 2)
The weird thing is that my "gam" directory and "gam.py" file are all definitely in the correct place so there shouldn't even be an error.
I was wondering if there is something special I have to do for this that is different in applescript obj c than in just plane applescript?
Note "CTN" is just a email address. checkEmail() is a function that checks to see if that email entered already exists, it is not the reason for the error.
Script in Script Editor
set User to short user name of (system info)
display dialog "What is the ctn?" default answer ""
set theCTN to text returned of result
display dialog "What is the new password?" default answer ""
set thePassword to text returned of result
do shell script "python Users/" & User & "/Desktop/gam/gam.py update user " & theCTN & " password " & thePassword
Script in Xcode's app delegate
on Passwordreset_(sender)
set User to short user name of (system info)
set theCTN to RESETPASSIND_CTN's stringValue() as text
set thePassword to RESETPASSIND_PASSWORD's stringValue() as text
do shell script "python Users/" & User & "/Desktop/gam/gam.py update user " & theCTN & " password " & thePassword
end Passwordreset_
Thanks!!
You are using a relative pathname (Users/...) instead of an absolute path (/Users/...)
XCode projects tend to start in an obscure project build directory.
Presumably (I haven't checked) the Script Editor is starting in "/".
I am using an application automator file to recieve a file which gets set to the variable file, and then using Ask For Text to set a variable called name.
I need to use this in two places:
A shell script
In a growl notification
I've tried many combinations but I can't get the variables to work in either. What's the correct syntax?
Try adding this to your automator workflow:
on run {input, parameters}
-- Get name from automator
tell application "Finder" to set theName to name of file input
-- pass name into shell script and get variable back
set xxx to do shell script "echo " & theName
display dialog xxx
end run
You dont need to type any script. If you go to the Growl application, right click, show contents, Contents--->Library--> Automator
double click that file and a growl action will be added to Automator.
Enjoy ;)