Archetyped

Can this workflow be updated to work with a non-default preferences location?  It looks like the workflow checks for the actual preferences location, but stops if it doesn't match the default path.

Is there a reason why a custom preferences location cannot be gzipped and saved like default location is?

56 minutes ago, vitor said:

Run Script sends the script’s output without modifying it. echo does indeed send a newline without -n; printf sends without a newline unless you add one (\n) AppleScript and JXA always send a newline, except if you bend over backwards to avoid it. There’s a Transform Utility which can trim surrounding whitespace that will guarantee the newline isn’t passed to the next action.

Thanks for the tips 👍

Thanks.  There was no explicit newline in the Terminal Command itself, but thanks to your comment, I started looking at the other actions that process the values sent to the Terminal Command action.

I learned that output from the Run Script action can add a newline unless it is explicitly suppressed.  Changing the final echo statement in that action to do just that resolved the issue:

echo -n "${output[@]}"

Thanks!

I would like to open a new terminal window with Alfred to run a preset bash script (e.g. `my_script`).

The script has a confirmation prompt that affects the behavior depending on the value provided.

read -p "Start processing? (y/n): " conf_process

The script stops at this prompt when run directly from a terminal window.

However, when a script is run Alfred's Terminal Command action, it appears that the first `read` statement in the script is automatically executed without any input.

How can I run scripts via Alfred's Terminal Command without the first `read` statement being bypassed?

Hi @Andrew, just curious if this was ever implemented?  If so, are there any particular steps we need to take to display mounted volumes in Alfred's default results?

Thanks.

Experiencing the same issue since updating to the Dropbox beta.  Dropbox files are displayed in Spotlight's search results, but not in Alfred's file search results.

Details:

• Alfred version: 4.6.3 [1285]
• macOS version: 12.1
• Dropbox app version: 142.3.4187
• Dropbox settings; Do you have it set to store files locally or cloud-only?: No such setting in Dropbox preferences, however all files are accessible locally without a network connection.
• Dropbox folder path: ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox (not a symlink)
• ~/Library/CloudStorage in Alfred Search Scope: Yes
• Dropbox files listed in Spotlight search results: Yes
• Dropbox files listed in Alfred file search results: No
• Dropbox files listed in Alfred default results (with "Search all file types" enabled): No

File search troubleshooting output:

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'test_dropbox.txt'
Path: '/Users/username/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'

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Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

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Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

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Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive

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Check direct file metadata...

✅ Direct metadata available

Display Name: test_dropbox.txt
 Other Names: 
Content Type: public.plain-text
   Last Used: 

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Check mdls file metadata...

✅ Metadata contains required items

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions      = "test_dropbox.txt"
kMDItemContentCreationDate             = 2022-02-16 18:37:28 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking     = 2022-02-16 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate         = 2022-02-16 18:37:28 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2022-02-16 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentType                     = "public.plain-text"
kMDItemContentTypeTree                 = (
    "public.plain-text",
    "public.text",
    "public.data",
    "public.item",
    "public.content"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                       = 2022-02-16 18:37:28 +0000
kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking               = 2022-02-16 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                     = "test_dropbox.txt"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier              = 14297
kMDItemFileItemID                      = "__fp/NzdjNGNkZTEtZDQwZC00NjBmLWI3NWQtMmZhYTgxNTY0ZDEx/__fp/fs/docID(14297)"
kMDItemFilename                        = "test_dropbox.txt"
kMDItemFileProviderID                  = "com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider"
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate             = 2022-02-16 18:37:28 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate                  = 2022-02-16 18:37:28 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode                   = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags                   = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon                 = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                     = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden             = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery                  = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                         = 0
kMDItemFSName                          = "test_dropbox.txt"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                     = (null)
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID                  = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID                   = 501
kMDItemFSSize                          = 7
kMDItemFSTypeCode                      = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking         = 2022-02-16 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemIsDownloading                   = 0
kMDItemIsShared                        = 0
kMDItemIsUploaded                      = 1
kMDItemIsUploading                     = 0
kMDItemKind                            = "Plain Text Document"
kMDItemLogicalSize                     = 7
kMDItemPhysicalSize                    = 4096
kMDItemUserOwned                       = 0

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

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✅ Troubleshooting passed

Please let me know if there's any other information you need.

Thank you for this workflow, it is very useful.

It would be great if recent items from additional directories/drives could be included in the results, as the workflow currently only includes files from the Home, Downloads, and Applications directories.  This means that recently-accessed files on external drives are not included in this workflow's results.