Shell Scripting (Bash) Problem

[foodfightr]

So I've tried writing a bash script (.sh) to configure my OS X preferences and every time I run it, it says "permission denied."

 

#!/bin/bash

# Disable shadow in screen window captures
# http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080629181121863
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true

# Change default screenshot format from PNG to JPG
# http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050627224051361
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

# Show Bonjour in screen sharing application
# http://www.macworld.com/article/131094/2007/12/screensharepower.html
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing ShowBonjourBrowser_Debug 1

# Additional functionality in screen sharing application
# http://www.macworld.com/article/131094/2007/12/screensharepower.html
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing \
'NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar' -dict-add 'TB Item Identifiers' \
'(Scale,Control,Share,Curtain,Capture,FullScreen,GetClipboard,SendClipboard,Qu
lity)'

 

my-mac:desktop Joe$ ./personalize.sh
-bash: ./personalize.sh: Permission denied
my-mac:desktop Joe$ sudo -s
bash-3.2# personalize.sh
bash: personalize.sh: command not found
bash-3.2# ./personalize.sh
bash: ./personalize.sh: Permission denied

[Adrian Fogge]

You need to do a "chmod 755 <filename>" to make the command executable.

 

~Adrian

[kitkat54]

or run it like this:

 

bash-3.2# /bin/bash script.sh

[hoyanf]

So I've tried writing a bash script (.sh) to configure my OS X preferences and every time I run it, it says "permission denied."

 

#!/bin/bash

# Disable shadow in screen window captures
# http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080629181121863
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true

# Change default screenshot format from PNG to JPG
# http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050627224051361
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

# Show Bonjour in screen sharing application
# http://www.macworld.com/article/131094/2007/12/screensharepower.html
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing ShowBonjourBrowser_Debug 1

# Additional functionality in screen sharing application
# http://www.macworld.com/article/131094/2007/12/screensharepower.html
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing \
'NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar' -dict-add 'TB Item Identifiers' \
'(Scale,Control,Share,Curtain,Capture,FullScreen,GetClipboard,SendClipboard,Qu
lity)'

 

my-mac:desktop Joe$ ./personalize.sh
-bash: ./personalize.sh: Permission denied
my-mac:desktop Joe$ sudo -s
bash-3.2# personalize.sh
bash: personalize.sh: command not found
bash-3.2# ./personalize.sh
bash: ./personalize.sh: Permission denied

 

You can do this in AppleScript with Script Editor :-

 

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true" with administrator privileges

[ifrit05]

spotlight>search for script editor>write:

 

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true" with administrator privileges

do shell script"defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg" with administrator privileges

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing ShowBonjourBrowser_Debug 1" with administrator privileges

 

save as whatever you want. Make sure you save it as an application though.

 

dont know how to do the last one. sorry!