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Make sure your Shortcut is returning data. On iOS by default, it always returns whatever is at the end of your Shortcut. However, on the Mac you need to use the "Stop and Output" action to return data. |
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First, I guess I didn't even realize the BTW, you can run a shortcut with Also, you can get the contents of the clipboard into a variable with: Which would smooth out your workaround in case you can't actually get data back through the command line utility. |
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That's a great shortcut within the workaround ;-) I did that right away, and it works like a charm. |
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I'm curious what issues you ran into using the parenthetical command? Just no response at all? Anything in the log? |
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Sure thing! This is the original Bunch code: (shortcut Artikelneuanlage) Result: Shortcut doesn't start, and pasteboard won't get updated (of course). Also, it looks like the interactive dialogue is called before the (shortcut []) |
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Another test ... Colsole logs: Shortcut won't run, pasteboard not filled. Launched from Shortcuts App works, launch from Terminal (with $TEST as output, as documented by RosemaryOrchard) works. If I change the Shortcuts line to it works like a charm. Console logs: The data gets written to the clipboard and can be processed. |
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So according to the |
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The $ ~ TEST=$(shortcuts run "TestAppleScript")
$ ~ echo $TEST
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Can confirm, with the "Stop & output" action, I get a variable reliably filled on the command line. One huge step forward - and another thing learned! Thank you for your help (an in general – I'm an Automators.fm listener since ep01!) |
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Oh that's so weird that it will populate a variable but not actually output to STDOUT. (Seriously, try running |
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It is very weird, but it's a start at least! |
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Wait, you may also need to specify the
From the online help |
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I would not have dreamed to rope in my two favorite automation experts/podcast hosts with one small question – on a sunday, no less! Looking forward to future developments. Thank you both so much! |
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Ok, I was able to get a response within Bunch, so the new syntax will allow: I'll have a new beta (151) out with this addition in a little bit. |
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Update is out, if you're running the beta use Bunch->Check for Updates in the menu. |
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Awesome, thank you! |
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My first try: Result:
Log: (Side note: I added a |
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In any event, all this is by no means urgent. I'm just over the moon that you consider a feature request by me as valid. Have a great Sunday, and most of all: Thanks 4 Bunch! |
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You're not on the beta. All of this is only available in beta 151.
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In any event, all this is by no means urgent. I'm just over the moon that you consider a feature request by me as valid. Have a great Sunday, and most of all: Thanks 4 Bunch!
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In between my many posts today, I did actually switch to Bunch beta, updated it and ran with it. This first try is with 1.4.10 (151). Apologies for not making that clear. |
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Does running the command without the variable assignment work? Just the:
(shortcut bunchtest)
part? Realizing that no other commands return values and I probably haven't set the regexes up to recognize this yet.
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In between my many posts today, I did actually switch to Bunch beta, updated it and ran with it. This first try is with 1.4.10 (151). Apologies for not making that clear.
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Aha, different results! It works, though not in the right order. My Bunch: Result: Pop-up window for text entry (appears twice) with "Hint: test9876" Hope this helps … |
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Beta 154 fixes the variable assignment with command issue.
…On 7 Aug 2022, at 14:36, Younghart wrote:
Aha, different results! It works, though not in the right order. My
Bunch:
projectname = test9876
(shortcut bunchtest)
projectadjusted = ?"What's the result? (Hint: ${projectname})"
Result: Pop-up window for text entry (appears twice) with "Hint:
test9876"
Afterwards, the shortcut is executed, and a result appears in the log
(and the clipboard). Log:
2022-08-07 21:30:20: ⚪[shortcuts-test] Open
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2022-08-07 21:30:49: ⚪[shortcuts-test] Processing command
"shortcut bunchtest"
2022-08-07 21:30:49: ⚪[shortcuts-test] Running shortcut
bunchtest
2022-08-07 21:30:49: ⚪[shortcuts-test] Shortcut response:
2022-08-07T21:30:49+02:00
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Awesome! The accompanying Bunch looks like this: Result: tl;dr: Getting data to and from shortcuts works in ß155 |
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Yeah, dialogs will always execute before commands, a consequence of the
way I parse the Bunch. Queries are parsed first, so that optional
snippets they cause to be included can be parsed at the same time as
everything else. I may look into that again at some point.
When you say the "folder" has a question mark, do you mean the return
value of the shortcut? Where are you seeing it, specifically?
…On 8 Aug 2022, at 7:09, Younghart wrote:
Awesome!
Here's what I did to test it with ß155:
I made a shortcut to create a folder from text it has received via
quick action. It adds the folder's name to the clipboard, stops and
returns the folder name:
The accompanying Bunch looks like this:
---
title: Test Shortcuts
toggles: false
---
projectdraft = "0123"
projectname = (shortcut new Project folder
"test_folder_${projectdraft}")
pboardcontent = $ pbpaste
TextEdit ~5
- /Users/immo/Documents/Bunches/bunchtestlog.txt
projectadjusted = ?"What's the result? (Hint: ${projectname} or
${pboardcontent})"
Result:
The interactive part always gets precedence, so it can't receive
content from the shortcut. Actually, whatever I do, the shortcut
always finishes last. This is an interesting caveat and might be worth
mentioning in the Docs. But maybe this is just my Mac, another
localization issue, or humidity-related.
The shortcut itself works and even receives the text sent to it,
including a previously defined variable.
One small **bug**: The folder name ends with an additional question
mark – relic of a non-standard character that got somehow sent to
the shortcut?
Log:
2022-08-08 13:55:39: ⚪[shortcuts-test] Open
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2022-08-08 13:55:43: ⚪[shortcuts-test] Running shortcut new
Project folder
2022-08-08 13:55:44: ⚪[shortcuts-test] Adding 5s delay to
(TextEdit)
2022-08-08 13:55:49: ⚪[shortcuts-test] Opening file
/Users/immo/Documents/Bunches/bunchtestlog.txt with app TextEdit
tl;dr: **Getting data to and from shortcuts works in ß155**
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Ah, very well. That's something I can get behind. The "?" appears at the end of the folder name, so it's getting passed into the shortcut – or is interpreted from the shortcut as such: |
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Fixed, try beta 160. Also, if you're updating from 158 or later the autoupdater should be working again. |
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Wow. Just … wow. I tested a data round trip with this Bunch: The Shortcut looked like this:
The whole thing works flawlessly, the folder is interactively named, the folder name makes the trip back to finally visit the newly created folder via Bunch. Thank you, this will prove to be amazing! |
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Awesome, glad it's working!
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On 8 Aug 2022, at 15:19, Younghart wrote:
Wow. Just … wow.
This opens so many opportunities!
Bunch can feed data into shortcuts, even interactively, and get
results back.
I tested a data round trip with this Bunch:
---
title: Test Shortcuts
toggles: false
---
# $ /usr/bin/shortcuts run "new Project folder"
projectdraft = ?"What's the project's name?"
projectname = (shortcut new Project folder
"test_folder_${projectdraft}")
TextEdit ~5
- /Users/immo/Documents/Bunches/bunchtestlog.txt
Finder ~7
- /Users/immo/Documents/${projectname
The Shortcut looked like this:
}
The whole thing works flawlessly, the folder is interactively named,
the folder name makes the trip back to finally visit the newly created
folder via Bunch.
Thank you, this will prove to be amazing!
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The only thing I can think of is that in order to close the STDIN pipe
that passes the input, I have to add a newline at the end. It's possible
this is being interpreted as a garbage character by Shortcuts, though in
my testing I was able to pass in a string and pass it right back out,
and what I got back was trimmed. Though, now that I say that out loud, I
think Bunch might be doing the trimming...
I'll experiment a little further with it.
…On 8 Aug 2022, at 10:58, Younghart wrote:
Ah, very well. That's something I can get behind.
The "?" appears at the end of the folder name, so it's getting passed
into the shortcut – or is interpreted from the shortcut as such:
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Yep, it was the newline. Found a workaround, new build will be out
shortly.
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Ah, very well. That's something I can get behind.
The "?" appears at the end of the folder name, so it's getting passed
into the shortcut – or is interpreted from the shortcut as such:
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Hello everyone,
is there a way to run a shortcut and get the result back, e.g. to define a variable?
What I'd wish for would be something like
or something similar involving one or more less-than, greater-than, or pipe symbols.
My workaround right now is to add a "copy to clipboard" action to my shortcut and finagle it into the Bunch process the following way:
Has anybody found a more elegant solution?
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