With the command:
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "Press ok to run command"'
Is it possible when you press "OK" it will run a command?
Yes it's basic bash scripting, add a && plus the command you want to run:
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "Press ok to run command"' && echo "run it"
replace echo "run it" with the command you need
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i have a quick question. I just wonder how i can execute command in shell script. Code should checking if python script is running, if not i want to run it again but in another terminal window. Shell code below.
while :
do
if pgrep -f "python instagram_bot.py" &>/dev/null; then
echo "it is already running"
sleep 1
else
python instagram_bot.py
fi
done
I'm using macOS system
In else statement i just wondering it is possible to execute command that open new terminal and run python script.
Thanks for any help, Best, Kacper
Assuming you are using Terminal on macOS, you can run:
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' \
-e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "n" using {command down}' \
-e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script "python instagram_bot.py" in front window'
You can start Terminal by using a "Spotlight search" by typing ⌘Space and typing "Terminal" and hitting Enter as soon as it guesses "Terminal.app".
Then, at the top-left of the screen, click Shell -> New Window and you will see that the shortcut for a new window is ⌘n. That's why the osascript above does keystroke "n" using {command down}' - it starts a new window.
I have TextEdit open.
I want to enter "hello" in TextEdit, but not by typing it in myself, but using a command from Terminal.
I tried this:
osascript -e 'tell application "TextEdit" to keystroke "hello"'
but it give the following error:
31:48: execution error: TextEdit got an error: Can’t get keystroke "hello". (-1728)
What am I doing wrong?
red_menace is right, this works:
osascript -e 'activate application "TextEdit"'; osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "hello"'
I wrote a program that I want to execute in 30 terminal tabs.
So I have this shell program:
for i in {1..29}
do
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down'
done
And for every terminal windows just opened I want to do something like:
cd "Folder {i}"
python3 script.py
How can I achieve this?
As you are opening a new tab this becomes the front window, so just tell the front window to execute a script, changing the folder as necessary.
for i in {1..29}; do
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down' -e "tell application \"Terminal\" to do script \"cd folder$i ; script.py\" in window 1"
; done
Hope this helps
I want to start two different databases but want to keep each process running in a separate tab in a terminal. How do I do this within a shell script? I currently have the following code:
#! /bin/bash
mysqld &
redis-server
Each database needs its own tab. This is on OSX.
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down' -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script "mysqld" in selected tab of the front window'
(based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/7177891/1566267)
The similar command is for redis-server.
I have some apple script code:
tell application "System Events"
key code 97
end tell
How do i write the code as a osascript -e command in Terminal?
Everytime I try using \n or the such, I get errors. Sorry if I'm not being specific enough.
You have a couple of options:
Pass each line of the AppleScript code as a separate -e option:
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events"' -e 'key code 97' -e 'end tell'
Pipe the AppleScript code to osascript's STDIN:
osascript <<END
tell application "System Events"
key code 97
end tell
END
Oh, and you can also save AppleScript code as an executable shell script. Just add #!/usr/bin/osascript at the top of the code and save it as a plain text file:
#!/usr/bin/osascript
tell application "System Events"
key code 97
end tell
Other example:
open -a Terminal && \
sleep 2 && \
osascript -e 'activate application "Terminal"' -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "q" using command down'
the first two lines are just to show the final goal, which is focus the Terminal window and quit it, sending Command+q
Actually -e option accepts new lines:
osascript -e '
tell application "System Events"
key code 97
end tell'