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#1

Hi all,

Please forgive any ignorance on my part :slight_smile: I’m new to AppleScripting and I’m obviously in over my head.

I think what I’m trying to do is fairly straight forward, but I’m having problems.

I’m trying applescript a telnet session that will open terminal, telnet to a server, and when the telnet is exited, close the terminal application.

I’ve hit a snag right off the bat. My script will open the terminal, but when trying to start the telnet, I get the following error:

Terminal got an error: Connection closed by foreign host.

I’m not sure why. Here’s the code so far:

set hostname to "save.pbpost.com"

tell application "Terminal"
	run
	do shell script "telnet " & hostname
end tell

Like I said, its primitive, but I thought at least the telnet would work. Any ideas/suggestions?

#2

If you’re scripting Terminal you want to use ‘do script’:

tell application "Terminal"
	run
	do script "telnet save.pbpost.com"
end tell

‘do shell script’ is not part of Terminal’s dictionary. It’s for using shell commands without using Terminal.

#3

Thanks. That worked fine. My question now is that the script opens two windows: 1. a Terminal window; 2. a Terminal window with the telnet session started. Is there a way to dump that first window? And I might as well ask, is there any kind of easy way to autoclose the or script the closing of the window when the telnet session ends?

Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but this kinda got dumped on me…


tell application "Terminal"
	run
	do script "telnet save.pbpost.com"
end tell
#4

Yes. Try this:

tell application "Terminal"
	run
	if (count windows) is 0 then do script ""
	
	do script "telnet save.pbpost.com" in front window
end tell

Not that I’m aware of.

#5

Once again, many thanks. Hopefully this will work for the end user, if not, I know I’ll use it myself.

I was browsing the forums and did notice someone asking about a script to kill a process (http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?id=12870). Do you think its possible to put some sort of if/then statement in there that if/when the process ends, to kill the window?

Gad I feel so inadequate :slight_smile:

#6

The AppleScript doesn’t wait for the ‘do script’ statement to end. If that doesn’t make sense, then try this script:

tell application "Terminal"
	run
	if (count windows) is 0 then do script ""
	
	do script "telnet save.pbpost.com" in front window
	quit
end tell
#7

I see what you’re getting at with that last one. Thanks. This has been an eye opener.

#8

This post has helped me out… But, unlike the fella before me, I need to login also, with username and password. Any ideas how to do this in the code without having to send keystrokes?