Make Debugging Easier: Write Your Own "Do Shell Script" Wrapper

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Make Debugging Easier: Write Your Own "Do Shell Script" Wrapper

Ever since Mac OS got delivered on UNIX, its usefulness expanded exponentially. Even its AppleScript function can now call UNIX shell commands with the "do shell script" calls. If you use the "do shell script" extensively, then you might consider wrapping it in your own "do shell script" handler. By wrapping the "do shell script" command in a handler, you can easily debug your shell command calls without putting output statements everywhere. The following doShellScript handler is an example.

  on doShellScript(command, administrator)
    -- display dialog command
    if administrator then
      set result to do shell script command with administrator privileges
    else
      set result to do shell script command
    end if
	
    return result
  end doShellScript

When you uncomment out the "display dialog command" statement, you will see exactly what your script is doing, every time it calls the doShellScript handler. You can optionally comment out the if-else block so that your AppleScript application won't actually execute the shell command, but simply show you what commands it would execute.

Chieh Cheng
Wed, 27 May 2009 23:45:00 +0000

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