[squadjot]

Hi, i'm a windows user who seek a way to make .bat-like files on mac.

I know about the terminal, but how do you execute some stored script by doubleclicking a file? (like a bat file does)

Also in a bat file, you can get arguments by using %1 %2 %3 etc.. i need this functionality also.

Can someone give me a clue?

[besson3c]

I'd worry about making the script double-clickable once you have actually created your script.

Google Unix shell scripting, or else tell us more about what the script should do so that we can help you get started.

[squadjot]

Hmm.. im talking about simple simple commandlines..

Ok, foran example if i wanted to open a app with an argument:
/Applications/TheApp/TheApp.app/Contents/MacOS/TheApp -file schema1.xml

So, instead of having to open the terminal, and type this.. i'd like for the user just to be able to doubleclick , and the above script fires.

[besson3c]

Check out Platypus (http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus), it's a utility that creates executable wrappers out of Unix commands. Last I checked you can also create GUI executable commands with the Terminal app itself.

[squadjot]

Ok thanks.

I find it really weird that there's isnt a "native" way to do it..

Well..atleast the software you link to is opensource freeware...for now.

[BLAZE_MkIV]

"native" would be AppleScript or a bash script.

[CharlesS]

And AppleScripts can be compiled as executable apps.

[P]

There is a native way to do this - a script file with the suffix .command will be opened and executed by Terminal.app like a shell script.

[BLAZE_MkIV]

Have you found a way to get the terminal window to close at the end of the script?

[P]

Seem to remember that if all outputs are redirected away from the terminal, the window closes, but I'm far from certain.

[besson3c]

Does adding "exit" as the final statement in the shell script close the terminal window?

[P]

I played around a bit, but I couldn't find a way to do so in the file. You can of course do so in the Terminal settings, but not in the file that I can see.

[BLAZE_MkIV]

Completely untested applescript version (On a XP machine ATM) Copy the following into ScriptEditor

tell application "TheApp"
activate
open for access "schema1.xml"
end tell

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by P 

I played around a bit, but I couldn't find a way to do so in the file. You can of course do so in the Terminal settings, but not in the file that I can see.

It's a kludge, but you could end the script with:

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to close the front window'

If having to hit the Return key to dismiss the "Are you sure?" sheet annoys you, you could tack on a second script to simulate a Return keypress using GUI scripting.

[P]

Well if we permit kludges, just ending the script with "killall Terminal" would work too...with the minor sideeffect of closing all open Terminal windows. Perhaps checking if any other shells were running (count the number of login processes) and only kill Terminal if the current window is the only open one, or something.

Probably best to just end the script with

echo Please close this window now

[CharlesS]

How about this? Write this AppleScript and save it as an application:

Code:
on run
	set myPath to the POSIX path of (path to me as string)
	
	do shell script myPath & "/Contents/Resources/my_script.sh"
end run

Then save a shell script as "my_script.sh" and put it inside the AppleScript application's bundle, in Contents/Resources. This will give you a nicely wrapped shell script using nothing but "native" methods.