Is it possible to run a mac os shell command within javascript in Indesign like in photoshop

In Windows it's possible. But I was not able to run a script file (`.sh` or `.command`) which was created on-the-fly via jsx in MacOS. The permission of created file is not enough to run, so user should do `chmod` in Terminal, which is not acceptable. I'm looking for another ways but hopeless so far.

Thanks TaW and the Community to point me in the right direction.

To execute a shell command with javascript in photoshop you can use this code:

app.system('say "hello world"')

Hi Uwe,

thanks for your fast response but the "file.execute()" don´t fits my purpose.

I m looking for an "easy" way to use some shell commands in combination with Indesign and Javascript.

I try to avoid to execute a file.

Regards,

Thomas

Hello,

Here's an example of what @TᴀW is taking about that I use to zip the Document Fonts folder.....hope this helps!

var doc = app.documents[0];

myDocFolder = doc.filePath;
var myDocumentFonts = Folder(myDocFolder.fsName + "/Document fonts/");  
if (!myDocumentFonts.exists) {
exit();
}  

CreateFontsZip();
function CreateFontsZip(){
var myFontsZipFolder = myDocumentFonts;
var myFontsZipDestination = doc.filePath;
 var myDocumentFontsZipName = "Document fonts";
   app.scriptArgs.setValue("zip", myFontsZipFolder)
    app.scriptArgs.setValue("zipName", myDocumentFontsZipName)
     app.scriptArgs.setValue("zipLocation", myFontsZipDestination)
     var myFontsZipScript = ''' tell script args
   set myZip to get value name "zip"
 set theZipName to get value name "zipName"
set destFold to get value name "zipLocation"
do shell script ("ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc " & quoted form of POSIX path of myZip & " " & quoted form of POSIX path of destFold & "" & quoted form of POSIX path of theZipName & "" & ".zip")
end tell '''
app.doScript(myFontsZipScript, ScriptLanguage.applescriptLanguage);
}

Regards,

Mike