BASH Script - Launch App with

I'm trying to write a simple BASH script that will laungh an program, but that program needs command line arguments.
When I put it in quotes it says it can't find the file, if I don't use quotes then it won't run the program with the command line arguments. How can I launch a program using a BASH script with command line arguments?
Thanks in advance

#!/bin/bash
/Users/name/Desktop/Directory/app -f configfile

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BASH - Launch App with arguments

I'm trying to write a simple BASH script that will laungh an program, but that program needs command line arguments.
When I put it in quotes it says it can't find the file, if I don't use quotes then it won't run the program with the command line arguments. How can I launch a program using a BASH script with command line arguments?
Thanks in advance

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Launch apps with oracle jre 7

With Apple discontinuing support jre 7 on its mountain lion, i am trying to find a way to launch my mac apps with oracle jre7. There are two situations occuring to me.
1. Oracle jre7 could be before hand installed and my app should be able to detect and launch
2 Or Bundle the oracle jre 7 with my Mac app and get into lauching it on mountain lion without any issues.
Is there a better way or apple providing support in this regards.
Help appreciated.

Thanks NickClark_uk,
I am able to install the java 7, but the Mac app i am trying to launch is unable to detect the oracle jre 7 and works fine with app store jre's. So we may need to bundle the jre or modify our apps to detect the installed JRE.
I was looking at what would be the better approach in order to have my Mac app run with oracle jre 7.
Thanks

Error "cannot locate object' launching app with Web Start

Hello,
I receive the error shown below when launching a Java application and cannot figure out where to begin with debugging. It was developed under Netbeans 5.0.
You can recreate the error by launching this application:
http://www.mikenaglich.net/ztest17.jnlp
Error text and JNLP file follow. I am really puzzled and would appreciate any help. Thanks.
Mike
Error Text
========
The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
The system cannot locate the object specified. Error processing resource 'http://www.netbeans.org/jnlp/DTD/jnlp.dtd'.
App JNLP File
===========
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE jnlp PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JNLP 1.5//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/jnlp/DTD/jnlp.dtd">
<jnlp codebase="http://www.mikenaglich.net" href="ztest17.jnlp">
<information>
<title>ztest17</title>
<vendor>Mike Naglich</vendor>
<homepage href="www.mikenaglich.net"/>
<description> </description>
<icon href="default"/>
<offline-allowed/>
<shortcut online="true">
<desktop/>
</shortcut>
</information>
<resources>
<j2se href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se" version="1.4+"/>
</resources>
<resources>
<jar download="eager" href="dist/ztest17.jar" main="false"/>
</resources>
<resources locale="" os="">
<jar download="eager" href="dist/lib/swing-layout-1.0.1.jar" main="false" version=""/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="ztest17.Main"/>
</jnlp>

I receive the error shown below when launching a Java
application and cannot figure out where to begin with
debugging. There are a number of problems, potential problems,
redundancies and illogicalities in that JNLP file.
...It was developed under Netbeans 5.0. Uh-Huh. I am coming to recognise those
(damnable) NetBeans JNLP files.
You can recreate the error I don't think I need to, your error output and JNLP
file are quite instructive..
...by launching this
application:
http://www.mikenaglich.net/ztest17.jnlp
Error text and JNLP file follow. I am really puzzled
and would appreciate any help. Thanks.
Error Text
========
The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please
correct the error and then click the Refresh button,
or try again later.
The system cannot locate the object specified. Error
processing resource
'http://www.netbeans.org/jnlp/DTD/jnlp.dtd'.
1) Whenever you see a message from Java,
JavaWS, or an application saying words the the
effect of 'cannot find..', try checking the URL of the
resource in a browser. If a browser comes
up '404' (not found), then the Java tool or app.
will be unable to access it either.
That is the first and fundamental problem with that
JNLP. The DOCTYPE element is not strictly needed
in a JNLP, and I would recommend removing it entirely
rather than try and hunt down any NetBeans DTD.
With the way NB writes JNLP's, I would not trust
a DTD written or controlled by them, in any case.
App JNLP File
===========OK.. I recommend replacing the current JNLP
with the one below, here is a summary of the
changes I made..
- removed DOCTYPE line with reference to '404' DTD
- compacted resource elements, removing empty attributes
- changed ztest17.jar to main='true'
- removed redundant 'download="eager"' attributes as well
as main="false" and version="" from swing-layout.. jar element
- removed broken(?) <icon> element and empty <description>
- changed homepage href to relative
Some of them are guesses, but I'd give it a 90%+
chance of working, if written like this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp codebase="http://www.mikenaglich.net" href="ztest17.jnlp">
<information>
<title>ztest17</title>
<vendor>Mike Naglich</vendor>
<homepage href="/"/>
<offline-allowed/>
<shortcut online="true">
<desktop/>
</shortcut>
</information>
<resources>
<j2se href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se" version="1.4+"/>
<jar href="dist/ztest17.jar" main='true' />
<jar href="dist/lib/swing-layout-1.0.1.jar" />
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="ztest17.Main"/>
</jnlp> Note that a glance inside the ztest17.jar supports
it contains a manifest file tat specifies the main class,
so it might be possible to remove main='true'
altogether - best not for the moment, though.

Bash scripting, check filetype with file command

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I wrote the following
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do
a= file $filetype | cut -f2 -d' '
b="ASCII"
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then
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here's the link
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
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Launching apps with Applescript

I'm like a drunk driver wheb it comes to Applescript.
I use Final Cut Pro to edit video and have a time tracker program to keep track of the time I spend editing. Is there an Applescript that will launch the time program when I launch Final Cut Pro?
thanks for the help.

I am a bit crippled at the moment when writing scripts as my mac is currently in for repairs, so am using my parents windows pc.
I believe there are a number of ways of attacking this problem. Either have a small program always open checking for final cut launch or have a small application that launches both your time tracking program and final cut.
i prefer the second method as it free up systems resources (not much but i always prefer having as little open as possible in regards to background processes). SO i would use something like this:
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activate
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end
end.
I would save it as an application named so it where final cut pro is, and then always use this applciation to launch final cut pro.
However if you launch final cut another way, for example open up a document file that launches final cut pro then this method will not work and the first method described would be a better way of achieveing this. However i am at best a confident novice in regards to applescript and being hindered by not having my mac to try it out on, i can only give pointers.
I believe this will check every 5 seconds for an instance of final cut pro. You can make the time intveral shorter or longer if you wish. I think the option you want to save it as is called "always open" and then in system preferences - accounts - login items select the script.
if process "Final Cut Pro" exsists then
activate application "Time Tracker"
delay 5
end
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Launch App with Native Process

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I want to launch serproxy application (http://www.lspace.nildram.co.uk/freeware.html) using native process in adobe air. But it seems not working.
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Bash Scripting with Conky -- How to implement?

Hey Folks, my first post here and I'm looking for a bit of help. I've created a bash script to work with conky in which its purpose is to change the color of the battery bar depending on current voltage.
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I had this issue, took me three days to solve. Using if_match, put all your if_matches in a line, with each option having its color of choice, then put the bar, or % at the end. You will need to make sure it is in sequential order so the color will not overlap the color you want for the state in the if_match. I know this is an old thread, I will edit my post when I get on my netbook with the code.
I found this thread on a google search for bash and conky usages.
[edit] here was my solution for the if_match using the battery.
${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1} <= 49}${color0}${endif}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1} <= 20}${color9}${endif}${if_match ${battery_percent BAT1} >= 50}${color4}${endif}${battery BAT1} ${alignr}${battery_bar 6,160 BAT1}
I have my colors set yellow for 49% and below, red 20% and lower, and last green for 50% and higher. Essentially this will pick yellow for under 49% and the if_match for red under 20%, the red will override the yellow, this is why order is important.
Remember this is all in one line, now there are cleaner ways of setting this up using lua. That is something I am still working on.
Last edited by mrknify (2014-03-05 17:09:59)

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This may be simple, but is confusing me. I have an app that executes a shell script at launch. The script is designed to check for the existence of files and if not found, I want to display a message and close the application. The problem seems to be that I can't close the app with the script, since the script was called by the app and the shell is tied up. Does that make sense? I can't close the app because the script/shell is still active. Any ideas?

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???? how to launch bash script in cron ????

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Hey Reese
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Bash script with sqlplus

Hi, I hope I am in correct forum. I'm sorry, if not.
I have following issue:
#!/bin/bash
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
ORACLE_SID=orcl
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin
export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID PATH
sqlplus -s usera/oracle << EOF
whenever sqlerror exit sql.sqlcode
set serveroutput on feedback off
-- some piece of code
accept continue CHAR prompt 'To continue press ENTER'
-- some piece of code
exit;
EOF
I want to stop on line of accept command and wait for user input, but the code continues and doesn't wait for input.
Is it possible to do this?

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#!/bin/bash
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ORACLE_SID=orcl
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin
export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID PATH
cat <<EOF > /tmp/sqlplus_script_text.$$.sql ## the $$ is the current process ID, to prevent two running scripts from stepping on each other
whenever sqlerror exit sql.sqlcode
set serveroutput on feedback off
-- some piece of code
accept continue CHAR prompt 'To continue press ENTER'
-- some piece of code
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[SOLVED] problem with spaces and ls command in bash script

I am going mad with a bash script I am trying to finish. The ls command is driving me mad with spaces in path names. This is the portion of my script that is giving me trouble:
HOMEDIR="/home/panos/Web Site"
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do
if [ "$(dateDiff -d $(ls -lh "$file" | awk '{ print $6 }') "$(date +%F)")" -gt 30 ];
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fi
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#!/bin/bash
HOMEDIR="/home/panos/test dir"
for file in $(find "$HOMEDIR" -type f)
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Last edited by panosk (2009-11-08 21:55:31)

oops, brain fart. *flushes with embarrassment*
-- Edit --
BTW, for this kind of thing, I usually do something like:
find "$HOMEDIR" -type f | while read file ; do something with "$file" ; done
Or put those in an array:
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The later method is useful when elements of "${files[@]}" will be used multiple times across the script.
Last edited by lolilolicon (2009-11-09 08:13:07)

I upgraded my new iPad (iPad 3) to IOS 6 and everything went well except Siri won't launch apps. When asked say "launch Facebook" Siri responds with "it doesn't look like you have an app named Facebook" and I get the same results when trying to launch any

I upgraded my new iPad (iPad 3) to IOS 6 and everything went well except Siri won’t launch apps. When asked say “launch Facebook” Siri responds with “it doesn’t look like you have an app named Facebook” and I get the same results when trying to launch any app. Siri works for everything else it just won’t launch apps. Any ideas? Thanks.

I have this same problem... Seems like nobody else does. Siri won't launch any apps for me, including native apps.

Bash script to trim all filenames with special characters recursively?

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