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Re: Pass Finder Selection to Shell Argument
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Re: Pass Finder Selection to Shell Argument


  • Subject: Re: Pass Finder Selection to Shell Argument
  • From: David Wolfe <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 17:17:57 -0400

Thank you Chris,

This is what I thought I should be able to do. But I couldn't figure out how to get the Finder selection from the workflow to pass to the shell script except to wrap it in an Applescript with a variable. I'm assuming where you wrote, "pass input as parameters," you meant to say "argument?" The options are Standard Input or Argument. Can you explain the script you posted so I can learn how to do things like in the future? For example, what does the first line do? What does the "$f" mean in the third line? Does "done" make the shell session quit?

Thanks again,
David Wolfe


On Sep 6, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Christopher Nebel wrote:

On Sep 5, 2007, at 2:22 PM, David Wolfe wrote:

I know this may inflame the Applescript/Shell script debate again, but I'm trying to automate something that apparently can only be done at a command prompt. Please prove this wrong and show me an Applescript way.

I'm trying to use Automator to create a Finder plug-in that will allow a right-click on selected file(s) to add those files to the Dock. So far, I've been able to get the Finder plug-in to work, calling an Applescript in which I'm using "do shell script" to add the item(s) to the Dock. But I can't get the selected file to pass to the Shell Script as an argument. Here is the Workflow:

Get Specified Finder Items > Run Applescript

	on run {input, parameters}
		do shell script "additemtodock "
		return
	end run

If you're using Automator to create a Finder plug-in, then there are two things to be aware of. First, the clicked items will be passed to the workflow -- there's no need, and it's actually incorrect, to get the Finder selection in the workflow itself. Second, if all your Run AppleScript action does is call "do shell script", why not use a Run Shell Script action instead? Your entire workflow would look like this:


	Run Shell Script (/bin/sh, pass input as parameters)

		for f in "$@"
		do
			additemtodock "$f"
		done


--Chris Nebel AppleScript Engineering



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