Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-10 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Thank you, I changed the key commander. > On Feb 10, 2021, at 10:06 AM, dan d. wrote: > > > > When you open terminal you are in your home folder. Use just > ~/documents/"time of Day.applescript" for the copy. Note, if a file or > directory name contains spaces enclose it with quotation

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-10 Thread dan d.
When you open terminal you are in your home folder. Use just ~/documents/"time of Day.applescript" for the copy. Note, if a file or directory name contains spaces enclose it with quotation marks as shown. That script is an example used in a key commander that comes with os10, so any new

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-09 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 9/2/21 4:18 pm, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries wrote: I need help with this terminal copy file command. I need it to overwrite the existing file in the destination. cp ~ % /Users/robert/Documents/Time\ Of\ Day.applescript ~/Library/Scripts/VoiceOver/ That appears to me to be the wrong

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-09 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I was looking for a way to copy the file from documents to HD\Library\scripts\VoiceOver\ But maybe terminal is not the way to go, I like your suggestion of using a apple script and save it as a app. I modified the time of day script to speak the time followed by month day & year, but after

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-09 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, I would be surprised if the version in your home directory is being replaced, but I have no proof one way or the other. Th First, the location of the script does not matter much if you are executing it with VoiceOver commanders, when you open the commander preferences you should be able