how to launch shell script from finder

Question

I have some shell (Bash) scripts that process some video files in a directory. Instead of everytime launching a (Open)Terminal window, then typing the script name, I'd prefer to install an icon in the Finder's explorer toolbar so that a simple click on it does the job (like OpenTerminal does, if you know that tool). The result I imagine is this one :

click on the icon

a terminal window appears which automatically does a kind of

cd /the/path/where/I/was/in/the/finder/window; run_my_script.sh

Any idea how to do that ? (it's feasible since OpenTerminal does it)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '13 at 15:52

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Save something like this as an application in AppleScript Editor:

activate application "SystemUIServer" -- http://www.openradar.me/9406282
tell application "Finder"
    activate
    set p to POSIX path of (insertion location as text)
end tell
tell application "Terminal"
    activate
    do script
    repeat while contents of window 1 starts with linefeed
        delay 0.01 -- wait to get a prompt
    end repeat
    do script "cd " & quoted form of p in window 1
    do script "uptime" in window 1
end tell

answered Jan 21 '13 at 15:52

Lri

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ok but how to trigger it with an icon in the finder's explorer toolbar ? – user1458153 Jan 21 '13 at 16:33
Just drag it to the toolbar like other toolbar applications. – Lri Jan 21 '13 at 17:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '13 at 15:17

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Add to top of the script,

  #!/bin/bash
  cd /the/path/where/I/was/in/the/finder/window  
  ....
  ....

After that run following command on the terminal

ln -s run_my_script.sh /bin/run_my_script.sh

answered Jan 21 '13 at 15:17

Adem Öztaş

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no, this is exactly what I'd like to avoid. Besides, I don't want to hardcode the current path into the script. I want the script execute in the current folder (the one displayed by the finder), like OpenTerminal does – user1458153 Jan 21 '13 at 16:30

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