Class ShellScript

macOS only. Requires Drafts 19 or greater.

ShellScript objects can be used to execute Unix shell scripts.

Bash Example

// define text of bash script
let script = `#!/bin/bash
echo "Total arguments : $#"
echo "1st Argument = $1"
echo "2nd argument = $2"
`;
let runner = ShellScript.create(script);

if (runner.execute(["1", "2"])) {
    alert("STDOUT: " + runner.standardOutput);
}
else {
    alert("STDERR: " + runner.standardError);
}
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Ruby Example

let script = `#!/usr/bin/env ruby
ARGV.each do |a|
  puts "Argument: #{a}"
end
`;
let runner = ShellScript.create(script);

if (runner.execute(["1", "2"])) {
    alert("STDOUT:\n" + runner.standardOutput);
}
else {
    alert("STDERR:\n" + runner.standardError);
}
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Note: When executed, scripts are saved to temporary files in the Drafts' script directory at ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.agiletortoise.Drafts-OSX and run. Scripts should not be written to make assumptions about their location in the file system (e.g. using relative paths). The first time a script is executed, the user will be asked to grant permissions to the script directory.