macOS Xcode - Using a shell script with swift 3

[Miles.Kelly97]

Hi guys,

I was wondering if I could have a bit of help with this. I am trying to create a Status bar app that will run a Shell script when a button is pressed but I am not sure how to do this.

The command is "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool FALSE;killall Finder" It hides the desktop.

Could anyone give me any advance as to how to get a button pressed to action that command?

Thanks Miles

 

[0002378]

Hi guys,

I was wondering if I could have a bit of help with this. I am trying to create a Status bar app that will run a Shell script when a button is pressed but I am not sure how to do this.

The command is "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool FALSE;killall Finder" It hides the desktop.

Could anyone give me any advance as to how to get a button pressed to action that command?

Thanks Miles

Something like this (found this on StackOverflow)

import Foundation

@discardableResult
func shell(_ args: String...) -> Int32 {
    let task = Process()
    task.launchPath = "/usr/bin/env"
    task.arguments = args
    task.launch()
    task.waitUntilExit()
    return task.terminationStatus
}

shell("ls")
shell("xcodebuild", "-workspace", "myApp.xcworkspace")

Note - I haven't tried anything like this. Just what I found online.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions...inal-command-in-a-swift-script-e-g-xcodebuild