Shell Script to change filename.

I'm need to use the Run Shell Script action to change a filename. Basically I need to drop the ".app" extension of an app on the desktop to get it to appear as a folder.
I know I need to use:
mv TemporaryApp.app TemporaryApp
but am not sure what to use before this to get the shell script to recognize the file.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin

Thanks, John.
But my requirement as follows,
Is there a way to change user password using passwd command in shell script? I don't want to use expect. use the command passwd, it will ask for old password and then the new password twice.But I want to use it in a script without my interaction. I want to provide new password in a script a than run passwd to change user password. Problem of using passwd in shell script is that passwd requires user interaction to change password and script stops. My question was is there a way to use passwd without interaction or is there other way to change password using shell script.
Thanks
Ram

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//============================================================================
// Symbol Technologies P R O P R I E T A R Y S O U R C E C O D E
// C O N F I D E N T I A L
// Copyright (c) 2003 Symbol Technologies. All Rights Reserved.
// All information contained herein is the property of Symbol Technologies,
// or its Licensors, and are protected copyrights and trade secrets, and may
// be covered by U.S. patents. Any reproduction or dissemination of any
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// is strictly forbidden unless prior written permission is obtained from
// Symbol Technologies.
//============================================================================
package com.symbol.mss.sdf.services.backup;
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.Time;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
import java.util.logging.Formatter;
import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
import java.lang.Process;
import java.util.*;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configurable;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.LogEnabled;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;
import com.symbol.mss.sdf.admin.AdministratorService;
import com.symbol.mss.sdf.backup.*;
import com.symbol.mss.sdf.data.*;
* @author nramaiah
* Service to perform scheduled backups of the system state.
public class BackupManager implements BackupService, DataHandler,
LogEnabled, Configurable {
// MSS Home Path
private static String mssHome = System.getProperty("phoenix.home", File.separator + "usr" +
File.separator + "local" +
File.separator + "mss" +
File.separator);
// Backup related definitions
private static final String BACKUP_LIST_FILE_NAME = "conf" + File.separator + "files_to_backup.txt";
private static final String BACKED_UP_LIST_FILE_NAME_SUFFIX = "_filesList.txt";
private static final String BACKUP_LOCATION = File.separator + "var" + File.separator + "lib" +
File.separator + "mss-backups" + File.separator;
private static final String BACKUP_PARTITION = File.separator + "var" + File.separator + "lib";
private static final String VERIFY_BACKUP = File.separator + "usr" + File.separator + "local" +
                                                       File.separator + "mss" + File.separator+"tools"+
                                                       File.separator+"backup"+File.separator+"verifyBackup.sh";
// DB backup/restore related definitions
private static final String DB_DUMP_LOCATION = File.separator + "var" + File.separator +
"lib" + File.separator +
"mysql-dumps" + File.separator;
private static final String DB_BACKUP_SCRIPT = "bin" + File.separator + "mysql_alldb_backup.sh";
private static final String DB_RESTORE_SCRIPT = "bin" + File.separator + "mysql_alldb_restore.sh";
// Private variables
private AdministratorService m_admin = null;
private Logger m_logger = null;
private String backupLocation = null;
private String backupListFileName = null;
private String backupPartition = null;
private int backupPartitionLimit = 90;
private String dbDumpLocation = null;
private String dbBackupScript = null;
private String dbRestoreScript = null;
private List servicesBackupList = null;
private String tarFileExtension =".tgz";
private String errFileExtension =".err";
private int exitValue=0;
* Default Constructor
public BackupManager() {
servicesBackupList = new ArrayList();
* Set the administrator service implementation. Link established by Broker service.
* @param admin reference to an implementation of AdministratorService
public void setAdministrator(AdministratorService admin) {
m_admin = admin;
* Set the job publisher service implementation. Link established by Broker service.
* @param jobPublisher reference to an implementation of JobPublisherService
public void setJobPublisher(DataChannel jobPublisher) {
jobPublisher.subscribe(this);
* Gets the backup manager object.
* @return backup manager object
public BackupService getBackupService() {
return this;
* Service lifecycle method.
* @param logger logger object to be used by the service
public void enableLogging(Logger logger) {
m_logger = logger;
* Service lifecycle method.
* @param configuration service configuration object
public void configure(Configuration configuration) throws ConfigurationException {
// Verify MSS Home path
if (!mssHome.endsWith(File.separator))
mssHome += File.separator;
// Get the location where the backup file needs to be placed
backupLocation = configuration.getChild("BackupLocation").getValue(BACKUP_LOCATION);
// Verify backup directory path
if (!backupLocation.startsWith(File.separator))
backupLocation = mssHome + backupLocation;
if (!backupLocation.endsWith(File.separator))
backupLocation += File.separator;
// Get the file listing the files/directories to be backed up
backupListFileName = configuration.getChild("FilesList").getValue(BACKUP_LIST_FILE_NAME);
// Verify backup list file name path
if (!backupListFileName.startsWith(File.separator))
backupListFileName = mssHome + backupListFileName;
// Get the partition where the backups are kept
backupPartition = configuration.getChild("BackupPartition").getValue(BACKUP_PARTITION);
// Verify backup partition path
if (!backupPartition.startsWith(File.separator))
backupPartition = File.separator + backupPartition;
if (backupPartition.endsWith(File.separator))
backupPartition = backupPartition.substring(0, (backupPartition.length()-1));
// Get the limit on the amount of free space on the backup partition
backupPartitionLimit = configuration.getChild("BackupPartitionLimit").getValueAsInteger(backupPartitionLimit);
// Get the location where the DB dump files will be placed
dbDumpLocation = configuration.getChild("DBDumpLocation").getValue(DB_DUMP_LOCATION);
// Verify DB dump directory path
if (!dbDumpLocation.startsWith(File.separator))
dbDumpLocation = mssHome + dbDumpLocation;
if (!dbDumpLocation.endsWith(File.separator))
dbDumpLocation += File.separator;
// Get the name of DB dump backup script
dbBackupScript = configuration.getChild("DBBackupScript").getValue(DB_BACKUP_SCRIPT);
// Verify backup script path
if (!dbBackupScript.startsWith(File.separator))
dbBackupScript = mssHome + dbBackupScript;
// Get the name of DB dump restore script
dbRestoreScript = configuration.getChild("DBRestoreScript").getValue(DB_RESTORE_SCRIPT);
// Verify restore script path
if (!dbRestoreScript.startsWith(File.separator))
dbRestoreScript = mssHome + dbRestoreScript;
* Individual services can supply a list of files/directories to be backed up.
* These are files apart from the files specified in conf/files_to_backup.txt and
* will be backed up as well.
* @param files list of files/directories
public void filesToBackup(List files) {
synchronized(this) {
if (files != null) {
if (files.size() > 0) {
// Add the list contents to the current backup list
for (int i=0; i<files.size(); i++) {
String tStr = (String)files.get(i);
// Check for absolute or relative path
if (tStr.startsWith(File.separator))
servicesBackupList.add(tStr);
else
servicesBackupList.add(mssHome + tStr);
else
m_logger.info("Empty list of filenames. Nothing added.");
else
m_logger.info("Null list of filenames. Nothing added.");
* Individual services can supply a list of files/directories to be backed up.
* Specified files will be added to the file defining the list of files to be backed up.
* @param files list of files/directories
private void persistFilesToBackup(List files) {
synchronized(this) {
if (files != null) {
if (files.size() > 0) {
// Add the list of files provided to the end of file
try {
File file = new File(backupListFileName);
if ((file == null) || (!file.exists()))
file.createNewFile();
// Seek to the end of the file
RandomAccessFile rFile = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw");
if (rFile != null) {
rFile.seek(rFile.length());
// Write the list contents to the file
for (int i=0; i<files.size(); i++) {
String tStr = (String)files.get(i);
// Check for absolute or relative path
if (tStr.startsWith(File.separator))
rFile.writeBytes(tStr + "\n");
else
rFile.writeBytes(mssHome + tStr + "\n");
else
m_logger.error("Error opening file " + backupListFileName);
rFile.close();
catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
m_logger.error("Error adding entries to file " + backupListFileName, ex);
else
m_logger.info("Empty list of filenames. Nothing added.");
else
m_logger.info("Null list of filenames. Nothing added.");
* Command to be run during the backup process. Individual services can
* provide shell commands that will be executed before backing up the files.
* @param command shell command to be executed
private void runCommand(String command) {
* Creates a shell script at the specified location that will backup the
* files listed in the List passed in.
* @param scriptFileName location where the script needs to be created
* @param backupFileName name for the tar file being created
* @param backupList list of files to be backed up
private void createBackupScript(String scriptFileName, String backupFileName, ArrayList backupList) throws Exception {
// Create a new StringBuffer to build the contents to be written to the script file
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
// Add the initial comment in the start script
buffer.append("#!/bin/sh\n" + "set -x\n\n");
// Check if the partition has enough space
buffer.append("### Check if the partition has enough space\n" +
// "diskUsed=`df -k | grep \"" + backupPartition + "\" | awk '{print $5}' | cut -d\"%\" -f1`\n" +
               " diskUsed=`df -k \"" + backupPartition + "\" | awk '{print $5}' | cut -d\"%\" -f1 | grep -v Use`\n" +
"echo \"Partition " + backupPartition + " is $diskUsed% used.\"\n" +
"if [ \"$diskUsed\" -lt \"" + backupPartitionLimit + "\" ]\nthen\n" +
" echo \"Starting backup...\"\n\n");
// Shutdown semmd
buffer.append(" ### Shutdown semm\n" + " /etc/init.d/semm stop\n" +
" sleep 2\n\n");
// MSP Limited release and earlier builds stop mysql DB and backup the
// /var/lib/mysql directory as it is. Starting MSP 1.0 GA release, mysql
// dump script will be integrated which will create sql scripts to
// restore the database.
// Check if mysql dump creation script exists
File mysqlDumpScript = new File(dbBackupScript);
if (mysqlDumpScript.exists()) {
// MSP 1.0 GA and later releases
// Run the script that will generate sql scripts that would re-create the DB as it is
buffer.append(" ### Call mysql dump script\n" +
" " + dbBackupScript + "\n\n");
else {
// MSP Limited release
// Add command to shutdown mysql
buffer.append(" ### Shutdown mysql\n" + " /etc/init.d/mysql stop\n\n");
// Change to root directory and create the tgz file
buffer.append(" ### Create tgz file\n" + " cd /\n");
// Build up the tar file name from the current date and time
String fileName = null;
if ((backupFileName != null) && (backupFileName.length() > 0))
fileName = backupFileName;
else {
// File name not provided by user, build one using the timestamp
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Date date = cal.getTime();
fileName = "MSS-"
+ DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(date).replaceAll(" ", "").replaceAll(",", "")+ "-"
+ (new Time(cal.getTimeInMillis())).toString().replaceAll(":", "").substring(0,4);
String tarFileName = fileName + ".tgz";
// Get the current MSP Version
String mspVersion = getMSPVersion();
// Gather all the files to be backed up. Add them to the tar command and
// also dump them into the file maintaining the list of files being backed up
String listStr = "";
for (int i=0; i<backupList.size(); i++)
listStr += (String)backupList.get(i) + "\n";
// Dump the current MSP version and the list of files being backed up into a manifest file
String listFileName = fileName + BACKED_UP_LIST_FILE_NAME_SUFFIX;
RandomAccessFile file = new RandomAccessFile(backupLocation + listFileName, "rw");
m_logger.info("List of files/directories being backed up:\n" + listStr);
file.writeBytes("### MSP Version: " + mspVersion + " ###\n");
file.writeBytes(listStr);
file.close();
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buffer.append(" echo \"Creating " + backupLocation + tarFileName + "...\"\n" +
" tar cvhfz " + backupLocation + tarFileName + " `grep -v \"MSP Version:\" " +
backupLocation + listFileName + "`\n\n");
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// If enough space left, backup is retained, "mss" is made the owner of the files,
// "backup" is made the group the files belong to,
// permissions changed to be "0660" and
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buffer.append(" ### Check if the partition has enough space left\n" +
//" diskLeft=`df -k | grep \"" + backupPartition + "\" | awk '{print $5}' | cut -d\"%\" -f1`\n" +
" diskLeft=`df -k \"" + backupPartition + "\" | awk '{print $5}' | cut -d\"%\" -f1 | grep -v Use`\n" +
" echo \"Partition " + backupPartition + " is $diskLeft% used.\"\n" +
" if [ \"$diskLeft\" -gt \"" + backupPartitionLimit + "\" ]\n" +
" then\n" +
" ### Failure\n" +
" echo \"Partition " + backupPartition + " does not have enough space.\"\n" +
" echo \"Backup " + backupLocation + tarFileName + " will be removed.\"\n" +
" rm -f " + backupLocation + fileName + "*\n" +
" echo \"Backup Failed.\"\n" +
" else\n" +
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" else \n" +
" ### Success\n" +
" ### Change the owner, group and permissions for the backup files\n" +
" chown mss " + backupLocation + fileName + "*\n" +
" chgrp backup " + backupLocation + fileName + "*\n" +
" chmod 0660 " + backupLocation + fileName + "*\n" +
" echo \"Backup Completed.\"\n" +
" fi\n" +
" fi\n\n");
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else {
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catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
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export -- application realated paths..
nohup abc.exe 1> test.log 2>&1;
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For example I receive a file /Input/filename.log and I need to move the file to the folder /Output with name log130308.txt.
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Message was edited by: J.Otava

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Copy the script into an AppleScript Editor document, select one or more files in a Finder window, return to the AS Editor and press Run. Note: you will need to provide your password when the script runs.
Make sure you have a backup of any files you are working on (try using duplicates first, perhaps). The script has no error handling.
tell application "Finder"
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                    set filePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of (theFile as alias))
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                    set crMonth to text 11 thru 12 of fileName
                    set crDay to text 14 thru 15 of fileName
                    set crHour to text 17 thru 18 of fileName
                    set crMins to text 20 thru 21 of fileName
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How do I run a shell script via AppleScript?

Seems obvious, "do shell script" but that doesn't work for me.
I have an Automator app which runs a shell script, I'd like to take that into an AppleScript. My AS doesn't run the shell script. Perhaps "do shell script' is expecting the script to be located elsewhere? The rest of my AS runs fine, but the shell script doesn't.
repeat with i from 1 to count of items in exportFolder
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done
end repeat
As I say this works within an Automator app, what changes do I need to make it work in AppleScript?
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Camelot wrote:
repeat with i from 1 to count of items in exportFolder
What is 'exportFolder'? Where is it defined?
Thanks, 'exportFolder' is defined earlier in the script. The purpose of the script - which is run from within Aperture - is to rename the selected images, export them (to the 'exportFolder'), reset the version name and, using ExifTool, add metadata which Aperture does not write to exported JPEGs.
I have a version of this which works in Automator but I couldn't see any clues there on setting the path to ExifTool.
Here's the full (modified) script. Currently it returns an error
Result:
error "No file specified" number 1
so I now need to understand if I can use 'exportFolder' (defined at the start) to tell Finder which folder to use.
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tell application "System Events"
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end tell
tell application "Aperture"
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          if theSel is {} then
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                    repeat with theImg in theSel
-- Creating a new Aperture Version Name which will become the exported file's filename.
                              tell theImg
                                        set headline to (get value of IPTC tag "Headline" of theImg)
                                        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
                                        set theTextItems to text items of headline
                                        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "-"
                                        set headline to theTextItems as string
                                        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
                                        set objectName to (get value of IPTC tag "ObjectName" of theImg)
                                        set newVersion to (headline & "-" & objectName) as string
                                        set name of theImg to newVersion
                              end tell
                    end repeat
-- Exporting the files as JPEGs to chosen folder/Project Name using the Version Name as a filename
                    export theSel using export setting "JPEG - Original Size" to exportFolder
-- Resetting the Aperture Version Name back to filename using IPTC Title (which should be the file's filename without suffex).
                    repeat with theImg in theSel
                              tell theImg
                                        set title to (get value of IPTC tag "ObjectName" of theImg)
                                        set name of theImg to title
                              end tell
                    end repeat
          end if
end tell
--Using ExifTool to set Photoshop Copyright Status etc
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repeat with eachFile in theFiles
          do shell script "/usr/bin/exiftool -overwrite_original -Photoshop:CopyrightFlag='True' -Photoshop:URL='http://davidgordon.co.uk/'" & quoted form of POSIX path of eachFile
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