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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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NSTask with command-line input redirection

I'm trying to learn writing a NSTask in such a way that the task process can accept input file redirection as argument. In traditional unix system() command this is trivial to code, but too far from being controllable enough for the demands of my…
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NSTask in playground

I'm wondering if NSTask is not available in playgrounds. This does not compile import Foundation let task = NSTask() Does anyone know if that's not (yet) possible or am I missing something? Update It's possible to create iOS or OS X playgrounds.…
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osx swift pass path with space as argument to shell script called by NSTask

This is the code I can't get to work. If I remove the directory part with the space my shell script runs fine. shell script simplified is : /usr/bin/find $1 -name *.txt error with the space is binary operator expected let bundle =…
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How to access a packaged CLI tool using Swift on OSX

I need to accomplish following three things. I am not sure how to go about it using Swift and Xcode Package an existing CLI tool with the APP. Use swift to issue commands to this CLI app and let it do its thing. Read the output stream coming from…
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NSTask subclass error - launchPath only defined for abstract class

I'm trying to create a subclass of NSTask, that is augmented with a name and an activityDescription property, for the purpose of displaying status, in a UI in an OSX desktop application. However, when I try to set the launchPath or arguments…
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Can't do fopen when using NSTask to run an executable

What I want to do To run an executable "server" from my Cocoa app. The executable can already run perfectly when invoked in the terminal and will read a text file in the same directory. What I've done Put "server" and other files in the "Supporting…
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Run NSTask from .command

Sorry, english is not my first language, and I have a poor grammar skill. Hi, I am a developer that is very new to Objective-C, and I have some problems with using NSTask. I have a .command file that I want to execute in this cocoa application, but…
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How to run a command in terminal from my Cocoa app?

I want to use instrument to install the .app on my iOS simulator through my cocoa app. This is my first time developing a cocoa app and also NSTask. NSTask requires a launch path which in my case is irrelevant as this command can be run from…
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Read data from NSTask Pipe as it becomes available

I have this code so far, the goal is to act on certain outputs from my NSTask. Essentially it (My NSTask) is a program that outputs strings to the console over time. I want to be able to say call a method in my cocoa Objective-C app when a certain…
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get charset and mimetype in objective c

In mac OS X I can get charset and mimetype of file with this command file -I /Users/bbb/Desktop/ba.py And this command return this result text/x-java; charset=us-ascii Now I want get this mime type and charset in objective c without using NSTask…
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Executing sh file with sudo in OS X gives an error

I've developed an application where I need to run some script under root. Also sh script contains "sudo" commands. For running sh script under root I use STPrivilegedTask class from github: https://github.com/sveinbjornt/STPrivilegedTask Here how I…
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Change osx network configuration with NSTask

im trying to Disable Wifi, set socks proxy:ip,port,login:pass and then reenable wifi. Im trying to perform this with NSTask *task = [NSTask new]; [task setLaunchPath:@"/bin/sh"]; [task setArguments:@[@"-c", @"networksetup -setwebproxystate Wi-Fi…
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Using Authorization Services with NSTask

Ok, I am using NSTask to run a shell script that needs to be run with administrator privileges. I am using some code from this question: NSTask and AuthorizationCreate. Here is what I currently have: //Authorization Create AuthorizationRef…
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Objective-C using print "\r$i"

I can use NSTask to grab the output of stdout, create a string and put it into an NSTextField without issue, although how would I make the output behave like print "\r$i"? This perl script demonstrates the output: $|++; for ($i=0; $i<1000000; $i++)…
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Multiple Commands with NSTask

I want to run a shell script using NSTask. This script is designed such that it will first come out from its current operation (cd ..) then will perform other operations. So two tasks needs to be performed using NSTask go to the directory where…
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