Double click the file "ByYourCommand" on the desktop. Just ignore the warning.Īt this point, you'll notice that the file's icon has changed to this: If you have antivirus software installed, it may object, depending on its preferences, to an executable script being inserted into a file that was created by an OS X text editor. This UNIX command makes the file executable, that is, double-clickable. Still in the terminal, execute this UNIX command: chmod 744 ByYourCommand Substitute your own login name instead of mine. Open the Terminal app and navigate to the file. In the Finder, delete the file extension ".txt" The Finder will ask for confirmation.Ģ. Call it " ByYourCommand.txt" Save this file on your desktop.ġ. We won't dig into that here.Ĭopy and paste this script into a new TextEdit file. The first line tells OS X to use the Bash scripting language. Here's a simple script that uses the "uptime" command to display how long it's been since your Mac was rebooted. Make sure the Preferences for TextEdit are set correctly. The easiest way to write a script is to use a text editor, like OS X's built-in TextEdit, found in the Applications folder. Scripts are a sequence of commands, managed by the scripting language, to a achieve a task. The Terminal app location is /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app For example, you may have seen this terminal command that strips the drop shadow from your screenshots: defaults write disable-shadow -bool TRUE
#MAC RUN UNIX EXECUTABLE FILE FROM TERMINAL HOW TO#
From time to time you'll see articles that show how to change an OS X preference from the command line. I'll walk you through it and add some notes as needed. It's really quite simple, but there are a few things to be aware of. Create a UNIX script with a text editor that contains one or more terminal commands.How can that possibly be done? I'll show you how.
Very often, in OS X, when one has a terminal command that needs to be used often, it's convenient to turn that UNIX command into a double-clickable desktop file with a recognizable icon.
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