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action:Execute_a_Shell_Script [2017/03/05 22:37] peternlewis [Forum] |
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| Use this format: `$KMVAR_[variable_name]` | Use this format: `$KMVAR_[variable_name]` | ||
| - | where //[variable‗name]// is the name of your Keyboard Maestro Variable,\\ | + | where //[variable‗name]// is the name of your Keyboard Maestro Variable, but with spaces in the name replaced with underscores (`‗`). |
| - | but with spaces in the name replaced with underscores (`‗`)\\ | + | |
| For example: "**File Name**" would be formated as "**$KMVAR‗File‗Name**". | For example: "**File Name**" would be formated as "**$KMVAR‗File‗Name**". | ||
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| {{:action:km7-shell-script.png?nolink|}} | {{:action:km7-shell-script.png?nolink|}} | ||
| + | Note that you can only read these environment variables. You cannot write to them (or more accurately, you can write to them but that will not change the Keyboard Maestro variables that they were created from). | ||
| ==== Passing Paths in Variables ==== | ==== Passing Paths in Variables ==== | ||
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| * Asynchronously ignored — the action runs while the macro continues on. | * Asynchronously ignored — the action runs while the macro continues on. | ||
| + | If you want to return multiple values from a script, then you can either use AppleScript (via `osascript`) to [[manual:Scripting#AppleScript|set Keyboard Maestro variables]]. | ||
| ===== Examples ===== | ===== Examples ===== | ||
action/Execute_a_Shell_Script.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/22 04:39 by peternlewis
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