Hello Bill, 1, Open up automator. 2. Press command-N to create a new automation. 3. use left and right arrow keys until VO says Quick Action. 4. Press return. 5. In the search box that has focus type shell 6. press tab twice and find the do shell script action and press return 7. Press vo-J twice to jump to list of actions (run shell script 12 of 12 ) showed up for me. 8. Go backward and adjust when the service should be available and if you want to replace selection. 9. Go back to end and interact with the action. 10. You can select a shell and also if the selection will be sent to input of the shell script or to the arguments of the shell script. 11. In the edit box paste your shell script.
Now save the file. Once the action is saved in the services menu, you can add a keyboard shortcut in the system preferences Keyboard view. Best Wishes, Jonathan C. Cohn -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/EACD271D-51A9-4D94-A79A-1EA9AE220BE1%40gmail.com.
