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NSTask Class on OS X API , lets you run another program as a subprocess and monitor that program’s execution

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How can I run a NSTask in the background and show the results in a modal NSWindow while running

I would like to execute a command with NSTask, and be able to see the progress in a modal window. For example if I execute 'ls -R /' i would like to see the chunks appearing in a NSTextView. I came up with the following, and everything works fine,…
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How to run an executable in iOS App?

I want to run an executable file in my iOS app. (or execute some command line commands) I think this can be done with the help of NSTask, but that doesn't seem to be available in iOS (its available for mac OS X only). So, How can i run an…
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NSTask calling perl and piping in find not working

I'm trying to run a perl regex one liner on a bunch of files in a directory (via recursive find) and having a bit of trouble getting NSTask to do what the one line does on the command line. The perl one liner in the terminal works, and a simplified…
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Run terminal command within sandbox

I wrote a Mac app that turns Desktop icons visible/invisible. I use NSTask to run a terminal command to reset the Finder: - (void)killFinder { NSTask *killFinderTask = [[NSTask alloc]init]; NSArray *killFinderArray = [NSArray…
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Launching command using NSTask returns error

I'd like to launch the following command from my application using NSTask: sudo -u myusername launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist Here is a code I do: NSPipe *pipe = [NSPipe pipe]; NSTask *task = [[NSTask…
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cocoa sandbox embedded command line not work

I have a third-party command line tool that launches from a main cocoa app which will be distributed in Mac App Store. I need to sandbox the third-party command line tool, but when I run it (with NSTask), it crashes with error “Application…
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How to pass arguments to /bin/bash?

In my terminal, I do $ myprogram myfile.ext. I want to be able to do the same via the command /bin/bash, but it is not working. I tried $ /bin/bash -c -l myprogram myfile.ext but it is not working. It seems that my program is launched but without…
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Execute Ruby gem in Objective-C fails with NSTask

I'm trying to run a Ruby gem called Cupertino (https://github.com/nomad/cupertino) from an Objective-C app. The ios login command works fine from the terminal. When I try to run it using an NSTask, I get the following…
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sudo chmod command from cocoa

I would like to the run the following command from my Cocoa project. (hides the spotlight icon) sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search I have found two ways how to call the command and get the following…
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Get Notification of task progress from NSTask

Any body have idea about getting notification from NSTask while NSTask is executed. I am unzipping a zip file using NSTask and need to show the unzip data progress in a NSProgressBar. I don't found any idea for doing such task.So that i show the…
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Sandboxing Application With Command-Line Tool

I'm a bit confused about sandboxing an application that uses a command-line tool (ffmpeg). I won't mention his name, but I read at least two topics at Apple's Developer Forums where an Apple person suggests that the application requires the…
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iPhone app: get shell command output

I'm trying to build an app for the iPhone (or iPad, for that matter) in which I want to run some shell commands. The iPhone on which I want it to work is not jailbroken. The system() command seems to work in executing a shell command, but output and…
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in objective-c is there any easy way to add backslash in front of special characters?

Note: Not sure why this is marked as duplicate as I clearly stated that I don't want to use stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString over and over again. I have a question regarding the special character filename. I have implemented a program, so that…
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NSTask returning HTTP Headers

I'm running /usr/bin/perl or /usr/bin/php via an NSTask and want to retrieve the HTTP headers of the program. I've properly formatted the environment (Perl requires env vars to be prefixed with HTTP_), but neither of the task are returning anything…
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Converting shell script to Objective-C CLI

I am planning to convert a rather long shell script I have into an Objective C command line tool. I'm planning to use NSTask to run the shell commands (this is a large script, and it has several thousand copy/move/delete operations). My question is,…
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