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OSX 'open with' bash script

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Mar 15, 202610764 views
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I've got a bash script, potentially many of them in fact, which I'd like to be able to open files in OSX's finder with. It's a really, really simple concept but for some reason bash scripts are greyed out in the finder 'open with' dialog. I gather that there are various ways of using applescript or…

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Fix for: OSX 'open with' bash script

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It's not possible. Launch Services works with application identifiers, and bash scripts don't have them. You need to create a wrapper application using Automator. Launch Automator Select Application Look for the Run Shell Script action and add it to…

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