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MacOS command line tool which executes OSA scripts (AppleScript, JavaScript, etc.)

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What does ${1-1} in bash mean?

I'm reading the scripts from here and trying to understand what's going on. This function performs changing the directory of a Finder window: function ee { osascript -e 'set cwd to do shell script "pwd"'\ -e 'tell application "Finder"'\ -e "if…
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AppleScript Runner exit status passed back to shell script

I need to be able to run AppleScript in a shell script. I am using "AppleScript Runner" in order to be in interactive mode, so that dialogs etc. are supported. I've got it working, but I need to get the exit status of the AppleScript Runner app back…
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AppleScript that reads active application name, title and URL

I need AppleScript that, when lunched from command line, will return three things: current active application name; ex. "Google Chrome", "Safari", "Steam", "iTunes", "Atom" ect. current active application title, if there is one if current active…
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How to display modal window using osascript or AppleScript in OS X

How to display modal(over all apps, windows) window using osascript or AppleScript in OS X 10.6.8 and later. Here a script I do: #!/bin/bash osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "My Dialog" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with…
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How can I get rid of this osascript output?

The following question relates to an answer that was posted on this question: I like the notion of creating my own function that opens a new terminal, so the script that Craig Walker linked to in that above-referenced question suited my needs. The…
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How can I as generically as possible grab all text from the frontmost window/document on OSX?

I want to be able to grab all the text from the frontmost window on my screen, pipe it to a url parser and choose which url to open from the parsed text. To do this I would need a way to access all textual contents of the frontmost window. I've come…
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How to close a Terminal tab using AppleScript?

I'm using AppleScript to open PostgreSQL in a Terminal tab like this: #!/bin/bash function new_tab() { TAB_NAME=$1 COMMAND=$2 osascript \ -e "tell application \"Terminal\"" \ -e "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"t\"…
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Wait until a certain application has exited, then launch another one

On OS X I want to execute an osascript command that waits until a certain application specified by its full .app path has exited, then start another application, e.g. using /usr/bin/open -n /Applications/MyApp.app. How to achieve the waiting until…
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Terminal Applescript unable to escape quote

I've run into a strange problem when trying to include quote marks ' ' in my osascript command. If I try and escape a normal escapable character, it works fine. Example: osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to display dialog "Te\\st"' A dialog box from…
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call mac multimedia keys (playpause / prev / forward) by osascript

I am creating android remote controller for mac and for simplicity I want the same behavior in my app like behave standard multimedia keys on mac (F7, F8, F9). I have installed "Key Codes" app on my mac but it doesn't recognized multimedia keys. I…
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App giving "cant open .app because classic environment is not supported" on other macs but works fine on my own

I have written an app that is a bash script, the whole thing is a bash script, and it calls a few osascripts, also for user input mostly, it works awesome on my computer, and so I used platypus to turn the script into an app so that I could send it…
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Osascript - syntax error when run from daemon (LiveCode app)

I have a LiveCode app that, as part of a larger purpose, checks to see what the name of the "frontmost" application (i.e. the name in the menu bar). I am having LiveCode run this through the shell: osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to…
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What are error -10004 and error -10000 in Applescript

I have an Applescript that is working on my computer, but not on my colleague's. I get two errors when manipulating paths: -10004 and -10000. I have an idea on how to solve this, but first I'd like to understand those error codes. Here is the script…
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Passing an NSArray populated with NSDictionaries to a NSAppleScript

So I have an Apple Script that is running one of the functions of my program like so: [ NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(runAppleScriptTask) toTarget:self withObject:nil]; Using this…
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macOS: How to access the Live Text OCR functionality from AppleScript/JXA?

As of macOS Monterey it is possible to select text in images in Preview. Is this OCR functionality available from AppleScript and/or JXA (JavaScript for Automation)? In Script Editor.app File > Open dictionary... I selected the Preview.app and…
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