Run a .scpt (AppleScript) from the terminal?

The ' osascript' command is what would normally be used. I have noticed that some user interaction commands that work normally in AppleScript don't work through ' osascript'. For example, a naked 'display dialog "hello"' will work in AppleScript but an ' osascript -e 'display dialog "hello"'' from the shell won't.

If this is the problem and you are able to edit the code, putting the user interaction command inside a "tell" block for any application usually serves as a workaround. I don't know if there is something that can be modified in the shell to allow the unmodified commands to work though...

I only used the example of 'osascript' with the '-e' flag so that you would have a quick example you could test directly.The same problem applies with 'osascript' running a .scpt file. If it is possible, modify the code (if it contains naked user interaction commands - without seeing the code, it is impossible to tell). Otherwise, I suppose you could GUI script something but that would be ugly. Unless someone else knows what the specific issue is with user context or how to get around it...

You may need to save the script as an app rather than as a compiled script.

The issue is that if your script includes any user interaction (e.g. the 'display dialog'), then it has to run in the GUI.

As a .scpt file, the script is technically a document, and that document needs an application, so just opening it normally will launch a script editor.

Conversely, saving it as an app will allow the app to run standalone, so you can just use the standard open command:

<pre class=command>open /Users/path/to/script.app</pre>

You'll still be able to open and edit the script with Script Editor, but the .app has the ability to stand on its own.