I get errors running this shell script

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#1

I am new macs and new to this forum.

I was hoping someone who can point me in the right direction:

I am writing a shell script to find a file if found return code 64 or just exit

I am typing this in the Apple script editor but keeps giving an error.

#!/bin/sh

if [-f /Applications/myProgram.app/Content/Database/myData.4DD]; then
exit 64
fi

exit 0

:frowning:

#2

Welcome to the forum.

You can execute a shell script from AppleScript Editor like this:

set xxx to do shell script "echo 'hi there'"

You should also read about the proper way of escaping shell scripts in AppleScript.

#3

When you know bash, you would have known that bash is very strictly how to use spaces. An if statement should therefore look like this:

do shell script "#!/bin/sh
if [ -f /Applications/myProgram.app/Content/Database/myData.4DD ] ; then
    exit 64
fi
exit 0"

You know that when you exit with another number than zero AppleScript will throw an error?

#4

thanks bazzle

I am using Iceberg to create a metapackage. This script will help determine if the installation of the package goes through or not.

I will test it out and let you know how that goes.

:slight_smile:

#5

This is more convenient at times: ( I had forgotten about exit 0, I have used echo >/dev/null lately. ) :slight_smile:

my_command_with_a_variable_uninteresting_exitcode_that_are_hard_to_control || exit 0