I dont know how to write 2 commands (which I enter in terminal) as a script.
I wrote file "my.sh" with 2 lines, then double-clicked it.
I need ~/mydir path with tilde.
cd ~/mydir
make
File opens in Xcode editor.
How to write it OK and run by dbl-click?
You need to save it as a .command:
my.command
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/mydir
make
If it doesn't do anything upon double-clicking you might need to chmod it:
chmod +x my.command
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I want to copy a folder ~/Projects/LocalProject onto my server //VM-Server/ServerProject.
I know that I can use GitBash:
cp -r directory-name-1 directory-name-2
But what I'm curious about is, can I create a script to do that by double clicking that script, or adding it as a command to my GitBash, cause I will need that alot?
--Edit--
Tried nothing, as I don't know how to do that. Yes there are hidden files, I don't want them to be copied. There shouldn't be newer files on the destination. I need to manually run it, I thought that's clear as I mentioned the option to have a executable script / or a terminal command.
Option 1: Batch file
You don't even need git-bash; you can make a batch file in any text editor, name it copy to server.bat, and type in cp C:\Users\<Your username>\Projects\LocalProject \\VM-Server\ServerProject.
You can also make a .sh file for use in bash. The command is the same, just make note that Windows uses \, while bash uses / for directory tree
Option 2: Alias
Open your bash_profile file (it's in your git bash install location).
Add a line at the end of the file that says alias copyToServer = 'cp ~/Projects/LocalProject //VM-Server/ServerProject'. Then close git-bash, reopen it and use the command by typing copyToServer as a bash command. (It doesn't need to be named copyToServer)
I just during the weekend decided to try out zsh and have a bit of fun with it. Unfortunately I'm an incredible newbie to shell scripting in general.
I have this folder with a file, which filename is a hash (4667e85581f80b6936f8811f0a7493c70eae4ee7) without a file-extension.
What I would like to do is copy this file to another folder and rename it to "screensaver.png".
I've tried with the following code:
#!/usr/bin/zsh
KUVVA_CACHE="$HOME/Library/Containers/com.kuvva.Kuvva-Wallpapers/Data/Library/Application Support/Kuvva"
DEST_FOLDER="/Library/Desktop Pictures/Kuvva/$USERNAME/screensaver.png"
for wallpaper in ${KUVVA_CACHE}; do
cp -f ${wallpaper} ${DEST_FOLDER}
done
This returns the following error:
cp: /Users/Morten/Library/Containers/com.kuvva.Kuvva-Wallpapers/Data/Library/Application Support/Kuvva is a directory (not copied).
And when I try to echo the $wallpaper variable instead of doing "cp" then it just echo's the folder path.
The name of the file changes every 6 hour, which is why I'm doing the for-loop. So I never know what the name of the file will be, but I know that there's always only ONE file in the folder.
Any ideas how I can manage to do this? :)
Thanks a lot!
Morten
It should work with regular filename expansion (globbing).
KUVVA_CACHE="$HOME/Library/Containers/com.kuvva.Kuvva-Wallpapers/Data/Library/Application Support/Kuvva/"
And then copy
cp -f ${KUVVA_CACHE}/* ${DEST_FOLDER}
You can add the script to your crontab so it will be run at a certain interval. Edit it using 'crontab -e' and add
30 */3 * * * /location/of/your/script
This will run it every third hour. First digit is minutes. Star indicates any. Exit the editor by pressing the escape-key, then shift+: and type wq and press enter. These vi-commands.
Don't forget to 'chmod 0755 file-name' the script so it becomes executable.
Here is the script.
#!/bin/zsh
KUVVA_CACHE="$HOME/Library/Containers/com.kuvva.Kuvva-Wallpapers/Data/Library/Application Support/Kuvva"
DEST_FOLDER="/Library/Desktop Pictures/Kuvva/$USERNAME/screensaver.png"
cp "${KUVVA_CACHE}/"* "${DEST_FOLDER}"
I installed root. If I use in terminal, on mac: "source /Users/student/Downloads/root-6.04.14/bin/thisroot.sh" and then "root", the program works fine. But in a tutorial I watch they say that I can write "source /Users/student/Downloads/root-6.04.14/bin/thisroot.sh" in ~/.bashrc. And then I can just type "root" and it should work directly regardless the directory I am in. But it doesn't work. What is the problem?
I'm not sure what is the equivalent directory in mac, but for example, I'm using Ubuntu.
I have:
test.sh
chmod +x test.sh (to make it executable)
then, move it to /bin/ directory
Update ~/.bashrc file, put the code at the bottom part"
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
Finally, you can run test.sh in any directory you're in.
I have been working on a couple of projects now. Always as I am firing up my terminal, in mac, I start at the root folder, which is fine for most of the times. But I was wondering if there is a possibility to make a file which redirects you instantly to a map. Say for instance I have to type:
cd Desktop/justamap/justanothermap/andamap/etc.
Would it be possible to create a command file in the rootfolder, containing the full adress of the designated map, which would take me to the selected map just by for instance running it?
This could save me a lot of time when working on projects with time between them.
I am truly sorry if I am reposting a question but I just couldnt find something with my keywords.
Thx in advance, your help is appreciated!
Greetings,
Kipt Scriddy
You can create a simple sh file (for instance ./anything_here) and run it:
#!/bin/sh
cd Desktop/justamap/justanothermap/andamap/etc
$ chmod +x ./anything_here
$ ./anything_here
You can also create a symlink to the folder, and then cd into the symlink (this will act like the folder is, in fact, ./anything_here):
$ ln -s ./anything_here Desktop/justamap/justanothermap/andamap/etc
$ cd ./anything_here
Or you can create an alias, and write it on the console, putting this on your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile file:
alias anything_here="cd Desktop/justamap/justanothermap/andamap/etc"
$ anything_here
Try using
vi ~/.bash_profile
it will open in vim u can use mate or anyhing else
alias project='cd Desktop/justamap/justanothermap/andamap/etc.'
close your terminal and restart it. Bingo should work for you.
Working Great for me :)
I have a question I have been trying to fix for a while. I want to understand what's the difference between starting a script from the command line and making it executable and then running it from the Finder.
Because this is what I am experiencing;
I have a simple script called trash-files which contains this command:
trash ~/Downloads/*
When I run from the terminal it works as expected; however if I doubleclick the shell script in the finder I see this:
/Users/xx/Desktop/trash-files: line 1: trash: command not found
I hope anyone can tell me why this doesn't work as expected
trash is not a standard command in OS X. Is it something defined in your ~/.profile or a similar file? If so, these are not run for non-login shells, such as those created to run a script.
If you're using homebrew, you could run
brew install trash
which would install the necessary scripts to have the trash command work in the way you're expecting.
There is a folder in your home folder location called
.Trash
The "dot" in front of the folder name makes it hidden while searching for it in finder. You'll have to use Terminal to execute the following command:
cd ~/
ls -la
This will change the directory to the current logged in users home folder, then second command will list files and show hidden files. You can then run:
rm .Trash/*
This will remove everything inside the Trashcan on the dock.
So open TextEdit from the /Applications folder, go to "Format" and make it "Plain Text". Paste in the two lines below.
#!/bin/sh
rm ~/.Trash/*
Save the file as "emptyTrash.sh" (uncheck use txt extension). Save it to your Desktop or wherever you'd like. Then open Terminal, cd (change directory) to where the files is and run this command to make the script executable:
chmod +x emptyTrash.sh
Then you can execute the script by cd (changing directory) to path where the script is, and run:
./emptyTrash.sh
That's it.