Just wanted to keep this solution found from several sites.
This scripts uses Mac’s osascript to call a simple dialog and asks user for an input. On return, the result will be passed to the bash variable $UserInput.
A very important note here is that the 2nd EOT line must not include any indent or space in front. It will return an error message saying “161:164: execution error: The variable EOT is not defined. (-2753)”. I was searching high and low for the problem and didn’t realize it is so stringent with indent/space.
#!/bin/sh
# Created by Andrews Ang on 6/29/11.
function GetDialog(){
UserInput=`/usr/bin/osascript « EOT
tell application “System Events”
activate
set myReply to text returned of (display dialog “Here is a question” default answer “Here is a reply”)
end tell
EOT`
echo ”${UserInput}”
}
GetDialog
biff
November 14, 2015You can actually not use the EOT’s at all and just write your Applescript as normal without worrying about spacing:
UserInput=$(/usr/bin/osascript -e
tell application “System Events”
activate
set myReply to text returned of (display dialog “Here is a question” default answer “Here is a reply”
end tell)
By putting the osascript in $( ), the EOT is not needed and makes copying/pasting Applescript directly into your shell script.
Andrews Ang
November 16, 2015Wow thanks! It’s been a while since I wrote this. Won’t be able to test it but hope this helps other people too.