Getting error when trying to run a shell script from terminal

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

i type this into the terminal

sh script /Users/Shared/newscript.sh

and i get

script: /usr/bin/script: cannot execute binary file

i have checked permissions on the script and it all looks good.

here is the script

#!/bin/sh

echo "Cleaning Font Caches..."

rm -f /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS.System*.fcache
rm -f /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.ATSServer.FODB_*System
rm -f /System/Library/Caches/fontTablesAnnex*
rm -rf /Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS/
#2

I was able to get it to run by invoking this at the command line:

chmod 755 ~/bin/Testing

(I titled the script ‘Testing.’) For me, the script ran, but I was denied permission to perform the rm’s, probably since I am not the primary user on this machine.

#3

hi rd,

try this:

set normalCommand to "#!/bin/sh

rm -f /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS.System*.fcache
rm -f /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.ATSServer.FODB_*System
rm -f /System/Library/Caches/fontTablesAnnex*
rm -rf /Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS/"

do shell script "sh -c " & quoted form of normalCommand with administrator privileges

display dialog "Font Caches Cleaned."

don’t know if you need admin privs for this but thought i’d add it in just in case.

#4

sh script /Users/Shared/newscript.sh

means: run the binary command “script” as a shell script, which correctly fails!

“script” (man script) is a programm to protocoll your terminal input and output to a file

to run you script you need

sh /Users/Shared/newscript.sh

or

chmod +x /Users/Shared/newscript.sh
/Users/Shared/newscript.sh

if you want to protocol your script’s input and output (just to show you how to use “script”)

script my-protocol.txt
/Users/Shared/newscript.sh
^D

^D means press Ctrl + D. This will terminate “script”