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Mac GAM command

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I am a Mac user and we use Chromebook in our school district, I have all the inventory and assignments done in FileMaker so that I can keep track of everything. One of the things I am trying to do is send a command to terminal and post the response. It needs to be local on my computer as I am using GAM (GAM is a command line tool that allows administrators to manage many aspects of their G Suite Account.) Anyway, I have a field set so I have the command automated but I am unsure how to post it to terminal, let alone how to get the response back.

Here is a sample of the command

gam update cros 23854c18-b5dd-4bc3-823f-7c544f013fc7 org /Students/HighSchool

which would return the result:

moving 1 devices to /Students/HighSchool

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Vincent_L Jan 31, 2019 10:10 AM

Use the free (awesome) base element plugin' s function : BE_ExecuteSystemCommand

BE_ExecuteSystemCommand – BaseElements Plugin Help Centre

it doesn't need the terminal, it can work server side. PERFECT

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comment Jan 31, 2019 10:23 AM

You can use AppleScript for this. FileMaker has a script step to perform AppleScript, and AppleScript has the do shell script command.

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Vincent_L @ comment on Jan 31, 2019 10:33 AM

Yes you can use AppleScript, but you really shouldn't, this adds complexity and quirkiness.

That the old way f doing it, use BE tool.

Don't get me wrong I had tons of AppleScript, I converted them all to BE_ExecuteSystemCommand

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comment @ Vincent_L on Jan 31, 2019 10:53 AM

Vincent_L wrote:

this adds complexity and quirkiness.

I have no grounds to think so.

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ssurma @ Vincent_L on Jan 31, 2019 10:54 AM

Ok, I got the BE Tool installed and I think it is set up correctly, but it

is not working, I think because it is running in sh instead of bash

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Vincent_L @ ssurma on Jan 31, 2019 12:50 PM

probably because of the path of the command you want to issue

in the terminal type which mycomand and use the output path instead of the command

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Vincent_L Jan 31, 2019 10:10 AM
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Use the free (awesome) base element plugin' s function : BE_ExecuteSystemCommand

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it doesn't need the terminal, it can work server side. PERFECT
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You can use AppleScript for this. FileMaker has a script step to perform AppleScript, and AppleScript has the do shell script command.
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Vincent_L @ comment on Jan 31, 2019 10:33 AM
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Yes you can use AppleScript, but you really shouldn't, this adds complexity and quirkiness.
That the old way f doing it, use BE tool.
Don't get me wrong I had tons of AppleScript, I converted them all to BE_ExecuteSystemCommand
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Vincent_L wrote:

this adds complexity and quirkiness.
I have no grounds to think so.
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ssurma @ Vincent_L on Jan 31, 2019 10:54 AM
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Ok, I got the BE Tool installed and I think it is set up correctly, but it
is not working, I think because it is running in sh instead of bash

Shawn

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Vincent_L @ ssurma on Jan 31, 2019 12:50 PM
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probably because of the path of the command you want to issue

in the terminal type which mycomand and use the output path instead of the command
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