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| Keyboard Maestro includes a command line tool to let you execute macros from the shell command line. The tool is named `keyboardmeastro` and is located within the `Keyboard Maestro.app` application. Assuming the application is installed in the Applications folder, the command line tool will reside at: | Keyboard Maestro includes a command line tool to let you execute macros from the shell command line. The tool is named `keyboardmeastro` and is located within the `Keyboard Maestro.app` application. Assuming the application is installed in the Applications folder, the command line tool will reside at: | ||
| - | ``` | + | <code> |
| /Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/MacOS/keyboardmeastro | /Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/MacOS/keyboardmeastro | ||
| - | ``` | + | </code> |
| You may want to create a shell alias for it, or add `/Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/MacOS` to your PATH, or you can link to it from `/usr/local/bin` with the command: | You may want to create a shell alias for it, or add `/Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/MacOS` to your PATH, or you can link to it from `/usr/local/bin` with the command: | ||
| - | ```bash | + | <code bash> |
| sudo ln -s '/Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/MacOS/keyboardmeastro' /usr/local/bin/keyboardmeastro | sudo ln -s '/Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/MacOS/keyboardmeastro' /usr/local/bin/keyboardmeastro | ||
| - | ``` | + | </code> |
| Use `--help` to list the argument options. | Use `--help` to list the argument options. | ||
| - | The command can pass a value to the macro (available via the [[token:TriggerValue|%TriggerValue%]] token), and execute the macro asynchronously, or wait for the macro to finish, receiving a result (returned via the [[action:Return_Result|Return Result]] action) which is output the stdout. | + | The command can pass a value to the macro (available via the [[token:TriggerValue|%TriggerValue%]] token), and execute the macro asynchronously, or wait for the macro to finish, receiving a result (returned via the [[action:Return_Result|Return Result]] action) which is output to stdout. |
| Alternatively, the command can ask to edit the specified macro in the Keyboard Maestro editor. | Alternatively, the command can ask to edit the specified macro in the Keyboard Maestro editor. | ||
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