MacOS – How to run a script from Alfred or Spotlight or any run dialog

command linemacosscriptspotlight

Coming from Linux I am really missing the good old gmrun — a run dialog
which recognizes your $PATH and allows you to execute any script in it
without needing to open up a terminal. It does the job and get out of the
way immediately.

I am wondering if I can make Alfred or spotlight do the same thing, or perhaps
find another tool?

Update 1

I have tried Dterm, but it keeps asking me for accessibility permissions, which I have already granted.

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Update 2

  • I have solved the above problem by going to privacy settings and check DTerm manually there:

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  • It's working right now, but not as smoothly as I would expect: the run dialog is still there after the command is issued, it would be much better if the window gets hidden.

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Best Answer

Dterm

You might want to take a look at Dterm. This is a dialog under commandshiftreturn and does exactly what you are looking for and it does even more than that.

As it says on the site:

"DTerm provides a context-sensitive command line that makes it fast and easy to run commands on the files you're working with and then use the results of those commands."

ping test Dterm

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