I need to execute a file with terminal commands without open the terminal.
I just want to double click the file and get the terminal open and the commands executed like when you run a CMD file in Windows.
I created a file.command but it did not work.
Thanks !
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
It's probably a permissions problem. If you get the error message "Terminal can't open this file, it's not executable", try opening Terminal, navigating to the file and "chmod 755 <file name>". Hope that helps!
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Thanks for your quick response.
That was the first issue I had but I solved it.
Now the Terminal open and give me this message
Last login: Sat Feb 18 10:00:53 on ttys003
Juans-iMac:~ jmg$ /Users/jmg/Documents/Backup.command ; exit;
/Users/jmg/Documents/Backup.command: line 1: {rtf1ansiansicpg1252cocoartf1138cocoasubrtf230: command not found
/Users/jmg/Documents/Backup.command: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/Users/jmg/Documents/Backup.command: line 2: `{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}'
logout
[Process completed]
I got this message, no matter which .command file I try to open.
Thanks again !
I would suggest that before you work on seeing if can be launched from the finder you make sure the script itself works simply running it from the shell. It's a lot easier to debug that way. Add set -x and set +x around interesting parts to trace what's happening (assuming you are using bash).
Yes, I did that.
I am testing one .command file with only one command
Clear
and get that message.
Should I add something else to the file to make it work ?
It would be nice to see that file so that we can see the context. Hope it isn't too long.
Note, if I understand what I am seeing above with your error message line 1 of you script looks like???
{rtf1ansiansicpg1252cocoartf1138cocoasubrtf230
If that is correct of course that's an error since that isn't a shell command line. Similarly line 2.
By any chance did you create that script as a .rtf file? That's what those lines look like. It should be a plain text file.
If you insist on using something like TextEdit then set it to "Make Plain Text" as opposed to "Make Rich Test" in TextEdit's Format menu.
I recommend you use a better test editor, for example BBEdit, TextWrangler, and a whole host of other text editers better suited for the purpose.
Just created a text and wrote one line with the CLEAR command and I changed the extention to command.
I don´t know if that is right way to execute Terminal commands without open it.
For running scripts in the shell you don't even need a .command extension. For example, here's a line,
echo "hello world"
Save it in a file, call the file "hello", with whatever you are using as a text editor, and not a .rtf (rich text file). Then in terminal do,
chmod +x "hello"
and then type,
hello
You will see "hello world " on your terminal. I'm assuming file "hello" is in the current directory.
Just in case you missed the lines I added to the above post I repeat what I added here:
I recommend you use a better test editor, for example BBEdit, TextWrangler, and a whole host of other text editors better suited for the purpose.
Thanks a lot ! I used TextWrangler and it worked.
I want to give you 10 points and don´t know how
I think there's a pair of buttons on your posts.
Thanks.
How to execute a a terminal file ?
