macOS launching a command line app using dock button

[lambdavu]

is there a way to create a dock button that executes an application which i normally start from terminal? i have installed some applications which do have a grafic interface, but i would like to be able to start them without having use Terminal.app every single time. the ideal would be a dock button, i tried using (i think, i can't really remember too well) Automator to make an app which executed a script which started the desired application, but it complained about some "non-zero exit status" every time i quitted and it really seemed quite a convoluted solution for something that looked simple.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks

 

[GGJstudios]

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do. Why would you want to go through all that, when you could simply launch the app from its own icon on the Dock?

 

[chown33]

Show the actual commands you normally use in Terminal to start these graphical apps. Identify the specific applications. Also briefly summarize why it's necessary to start these using a command-line, rather than simply double-clicking the graphical app itself.

Show the commands you put into Automator that produced the "non-zero exit status" message.

You're basically asking a programming question. That means we need to see your program, the actual commands, not just a somewhat vague description. We can't run, test, or debug descriptions.