Using shell script in embedded AppleScript

I'm trying to get SHA1 hashes from certain files. My embedded AppleScript is as follows:

Code: Select all: set shasum to do shell script "/usr/bin/shasum -a1 " & theFile set sha1 to text 1 thru 40 of shasum return {hazelPassesScript:true, hazelOutputAttributes:sha1}

But when I run it, it throws the following error:

2020-09-07 23:47:48.959 hazelworker[11302] payments-noreply_google.com.pdf: Rule SHA1 matched.
2020-09-07 23:47:48.959 hazelworker[11302] DEBUG: Manual run. Forcing actions to be executed.
2020-09-07 23:47:49.133 hazelworker[11302] [Error] AppleScript failed: Error executing AppleScript on file /Volumes/sqooshdisk/88_hazel-test/payments-noreply_google.com.pdf.
2020-09-07 23:47:49.134 hazelworker[11302] OSAScript error: {
NSLocalizedDescription = "shasum: sqooshdisk:88_hazel-test:payments-noreply_google.com.pdf: ";
NSLocalizedFailureReason = "shasum: sqooshdisk:88_hazel-test:payments-noreply_google.com.pdf: ";
OSAScriptErrorAppAddressKey = "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [0x0,2 \"hazelworker\"]>";
OSAScriptErrorAppNameKey = "Hazel.prefPane";
OSAScriptErrorBriefMessageKey = "shasum: sqooshdisk:88_hazel-test:payments-noreply_google.com.pdf: ";
OSAScriptErrorMessageKey = "shasum: sqooshdisk:88_hazel-test:payments-noreply_google.com.pdf: ";
OSAScriptErrorNumberKey = 1;
OSAScriptErrorRangeKey = "NSRange: {0, 0}";
}
2020-09-07 23:47:49.134 hazelworker[11302] DEBUG: Tapping error retry sequence
2020-09-07 23:47:49.136 hazelworker[11302][PREDICTION] DEBUG: Calculating fire time - predicate: typeObject isType: "public.content" result: 0
2020-09-07 23:47:49.136 hazelworker[11302][PREDICTION] DEBUG: Next fire time: 4001-01-01 01:00:00.000
2020-09-07 23:47:49.136 hazelworker[11302][PREDICTION] DEBUG: Bail out: AND predicate
2020-09-07 23:47:49.137 hazelworker[11302][PREDICTION] DEBUG: Predicted fire time for file: /Volumes/sqooshdisk/88_hazel-test/tmp and rule SHA1: 4001-01-01 01:00:00.000 Should poll: 0
2020-09-07 23:47:49.137 hazelworker[11302] DEBUG: tmp: Did not match any rules.
2020-09-07 23:47:49.137 hazelworker[11302] DEBUG: Writing out DB file for /Volumes/sqooshdisk/88_hazel-test to path: /Users/sqoosh/Library/Application Support/Hazel/16777226-885965.hazeldb

Could really use some pointers.

Have you tried running the script outside of Hazel?

Mr_Noodle wrote:Have you tried running the script outside of Hazel?

Yes, I tried the script in Scripteditor.app prepended by

Code: Select all: set theFile to "/Volumes/{{local file}}.pdf

. That works fine.

Is that the same file being processed by Hazel? Also, there's a missing quote at the end of your example which reminds me that you may need to add quotes in your shell script around "theFile". You would probably need to escape them so that the AppleScript doesn't absorb them.

I managed to fix it another way. First, I take the file's full path as an inputAttribute. Then I feed that into the Shell script command. No need for escaped quotes and all that.

Code: Select all: set theFile to item 1 of inputAttributes set sha1 to do shell script "/usr/bin/shasum -a1 " & theFile & " | cut -d' ' -f1" return {hazelPassesScript:true, hazelOutputAttributes:{sha1}}