I am new to Mac OS (I am currently using Mavericks) and I have performed google searches as well as search on StackExchange regarding my question but the discussions I came across don't quite answer my question.
I come from the linux world and it is trivial for me to set a custom command in the gnome-panel and then put in any argument I like; many of these commands invoke xterm.
So for example, suppose I want to create a launcher to connect to a remote server with lot of arguments as below.
xterm -fg orange -bg black -e ssh me@myserver
I cam across a post that suggested I use the automator.
I am however unable to do this successfully.
So far in the automator, I have
open -a "/opt/X11/bin/xterm" --args "-fg orange -bg black -e ssh me@myserver"
however this command does not execute properly and I am not sure how to solve this problem.
Thanks
Les
p.s. Note that if I launch the Terminal and type in xterm, it launches as expected
Best Answer
You can write it as a shell script within the Run Shell Script action in Automator:
Save it with the type Application (instead of Workflow) and place it in your Applications folder. It can now be placed in the Dock.