Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Administering Computers

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To execute an AppleScript using the Send UNIX Command:
This method uses the

osascript

command. For detailed information on

osascript

,

see the

osascript man

page.

1

Select a computer list.

2

Select one or more computers in the Remote Desktop window.

3

Use the Copy Items command to copy your script to the client computers.

4

After copying the script, choose Manage > Send UNIX Command.

5

Type or paste the AppleScript in the UNIX Command window, like this:

osascript -e '[First line of script]' -e '[Next line of script]'

For example, a simple script to create a folder and set its label would be entered (all in
one line) as:

osascript -e 'tell the application "Finder"' \

-e 'make new folder' \

-e 'set the name of the result to "New Folder"' \

-e 'set the label index of folder "New Folder" to 2' \

-e 'end tell'

6

Click Send.

The client computer executes the script.

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