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"""terminalcommand.py -- A minimal interface to Terminal.app.
To run a shell command in a new Terminal.app window:
import terminalcommand
terminalcommand.run("ls -l")
No result is returned; it is purely meant as a quick way to run a script
with a decent input/output window.
"""
#
# This module is a fairly straightforward translation of Jack Jansen's
# Mac/OSX/PythonLauncher/doscript.m.
#
import time
import os
from Carbon import AE
from Carbon.AppleEvents import *
TERMINAL_SIG = "trmx"
START_TERMINAL = "/usr/bin/open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app"
SEND_MODE = kAENoReply # kAEWaitReply hangs when run from Terminal.app itself
def run(command):
"""Run a shell command in a new Terminal.app window."""
termAddress = AE.AECreateDesc(typeApplSignature, TERMINAL_SIG)
theEvent = AE.AECreateAppleEvent(kAECoreSuite, kAEDoScript, termAddress,
kAutoGenerateReturnID, kAnyTransactionID)
commandDesc = AE.AECreateDesc(typeChar, command)
theEvent.AEPutParamDesc(kAECommandClass, commandDesc)
try:
theEvent.AESend(SEND_MODE, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout)
except AE.Error as why:
if why.args[0] != -600: # Terminal.app not yet running
raise
os.system(START_TERMINAL)
time.sleep(1)
theEvent.AESend(SEND_MODE, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout)
if __name__ == "__main__":
run("ls -l")