Applescript - How to run a single bash command from terminal and wait for response before continue? - bash

Question

I have a modelinfo.sh file, if I run it in Terminal it echos/saves results to a TXT file.
To execute this file from Terminal I use command:
./modelinfo.sh -s C8QH74G6DP11
With this command it saves results for given serialnumber: C8QH74G6DP11
I need to get reports for 5000 serials, so I think AppleScript might help me?
I have wrote this code with AppleScript:
tell application "Terminal"
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8TJ14JWDP11") in window 1
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8QH74G6DP12") in window 1
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8QKGFWSDP13") in window 1
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8QKFR5FDP14") in window 1
end tell
With this Code above my IP gets Blocked and I get only report for the first serialnumber.
I have also tried:
on delay duration
set endTime to (current date) + duration
repeat while (current date) is less than endTime
tell AppleScript to delay duration
end repeat
end delay
tell application "Terminal"
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8TJ14JWDP11") in window 1
delay 20
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8QH74G6DP12") in window 1
delay 20
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8QKGFWSDP13") in window 1
delay 20
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8QKFR5FDP14") in window 1
end tell
But this code doesn't help either..
Last I tried:
tell application "Terminal"
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s C8TJ14JWDP11") in window 1
end tell
This last script I can run as many times as I want and I always gets the report without getting my IP blocked.
It looks like Applescript runs all 4 serials at once even I get IP blocked?
Since I am able to run single check multiple times without getting blocked.
Can anyone please help and point me in right direction?
Is it possible to this with Applescript?
Or can I make a new bash file which runs all my 5000 commands 1 by 1?
Thank you

Answer 1

Updated Answer
If you want to count the lines and give an indication of progress, replace the code below with this:
#!/bin/bash
declare -i total
total=$(wc -l <sn.txt) # count the lines in sn.txt
i=1
while read sn; do
echo "Fetching $sn ($i of $total)"
./modelinfo.sh -s "$sn"
((i++))
done < sn.txt
Original Answer
No idea why anyone would use Applescript for this - it is clearly a simple bash script to run from Terminal.
Assume your serial numbers are saved in a file called sn.txt like this:
C8QH74G6DP11
C8TJ14JWDP11
C8QH74G6DP12
C8QKGFWSDP13
You would then save the following in a file called fetch in your HOME directory. It reads your serial numbers one at a time and fetches them.
#!/bin/bash
while read sn; do
echo Fetching $sn...
./modelinfo.sh -s "$sn"
done < sn.txt
Then you would go into Terminal and type the following to make it executable:
chmod +x fetch
and then you can run it by typing
./fetch
You start Terminal by holding down Command and tapping the Spacebar then typing Ter and Spotlight will guess you mean Terminal, then you just hit Enter to actually start it.

Answer 2

Well, here is the common approach in Applescript to use the approach you are trying.
property serialList: {"C8TJ14JWDP11", "C8QH74G6DP12", "C8QKGFWSDP13", "C8QKFR5FDP14"}
tell application "Terminal"
repeat with aSerial in serialList
do script ("./modelinfo.sh -s " & aSerial) in window 1
delay 20
end
This should work. However, the state of the terminal window needs to be finished with the process and ready for the next call for this to work, so a delay of 20 may be too simplistic. Put the above coded inside a try block, to see any error.
try
-- above code goes here
on error err
display dialog err
end try
Another approach however, is to include the shell commands directly in an Applescript without going through the Terminal app, using
do shell script
You'll have to post the contents of your modelinfo.sh file to get a sense of that possibility.