Double click to run a shell script with a ruby script on mac

Question

I have a shell script

#!/bin/bash
echo "starting"
file="path_to_file/ruby_file.rb"
echo $file
ruby $file
echo "ended"

When I run it from the command line it works fine.

When I double click it on Finder it does not.

I have some puts on the ruby script that are being printed, but I'm making file operations (renaming) and they are not done. More than that, I get the following error:

(I have uncheck automatically close session when it ends)

-bash: shell_session_update: command not found

This is the result:

/path_to_shell_script/renamer.sh; exit;
starting
/path_to_ruby_script/renamer.rb
ruby is renaming
 ruby finished renaming
ended
logout
-bash: shell_session_update: command not found -> This doesn't happen when I run it from the command line.

Keith Bennett · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-29 17:50:02Z

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When the shell script is run from the shell (that is, on the command line), it has the context of that shell, including the current directory setting and environment variable settings.

When it is run from the finder, it does not.

If you are using any relative filespecs, then, those files will probably not be found.

If your problem at runtime is only the current directory, then you could put a cd command in the script itself to switch to the correct directory.

answered May 29, 2016 at 17:50

Keith Bennett

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Nuno Gonçalves Over a year ago

Thanks. It works. :) I'm still getting "Sesison Ended (broken pipe). Restart it?" Any ideas?

Keith Bennett Over a year ago

Are you using iTerm? I googled "session ended broken pipe" and found this, indicating that an option has been added in a recent version to suppress this message: groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/iterm2-discuss/SeAdAifYVDo. You may need to update your iTerm software to have that option.

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