OS X (Apple)

Any ideas on converting an applescript into bash? Simple method to get rid of delimiters?

More info?

What kind of script? What kind of delimiters? GUI or not?

The applescript I've built allows me to disable (within OS 10.6) the automatic login within security of system preferences. I'd like to covert this script into bash to run with a different utility. Below is an example of what I've been able to get the applescript to do:

-- Enabling “Disable automatic login” checkbox.


set uiScript to "click checkbox \"Disable automatic login\" of group 1 of tab group 1 of window \"Security\" of application process \"System Preferences\""

run script "tell application \"System Events\"
" & uiScript & "
end tell"

You're not going to be able to convert that into bash, applescript is completely 100% indelibly proprietary. You can't program GUI events in a bash script... You'll have to figure out where and how the settings are actually stored and modify that instead.

Google is your friend:

loginoptions 1.0 software Mac OS X - VersionTracker

I have not tried this, but it reportedly will allow login options to be set from the command line.

Thanks Corona688. I'll check it out drewk, thanks for the tip.

You can invoke shell from Apple Script and vice version

Code:

for apple script to invoke the shell:

do shell script "/bin/echo Hello World"

or

Code:

invoke AppleScript from the shell

/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "Hello World" '

However, you can most likely do this from the shell regardless, so no need to even do that. I think modifying the plist file will suffice:

Code:

defaults write com.apple.mcx.DisableAutoLoginClient -bool true

I am using open directory so my settings may differ, but the file this pulls from is the com.apple.LoginWindow.plist file, so you may want to edit that file and test it out before you push it out.