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JavaScript

JavaScript is the second scripting language used for user interface scripting since Mac OS X 10.10, Yosemite. It’s the most common cross-platform scripting language mainly used for implementing features on websites and web-based applications. Using the script editor which is included in every copy of macOS is the standard way for running JavaScript for automation.

Some sample scripts

1. Moving one folder to another
   • AppleScript
     Sample apple script to change folders

     tell application "Finder" move folder someFolder to someOtherFolder replacing true end tell

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     tell application "Finder" move folder someFolder to someOtherFolder replacing true end tell

   • PHP

     test <div> </div>

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     test <div> </div>

   • JavaScript
     Sample Java script to change folders

     var Finder = Application("Finder") Finder.move(someFolder, {to: <code>someOtherFolder, replacing:</code> true})

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     var Finder = Application("Finder") Finder.move(someFolder, {to: <code>someOtherFolder, replacing:</code> true})

Terminal commands and shell scripts

The terminal app provides a command-line interface to control your Mac using a set of commands. Using an admin account and password, you can tweak almost anything related to your system’s software code.

Use case – To install Xcode command line tools

A shell is the command interpreter that provides ways to interact with the underlying operating system. The shell scans the command-line, analyzes it and determines what to do. Prior to Catalina, macOS came with Bourne again shell (bash) as the default user shell and also included other shells like the TENEX C shell (tcsh), the Korn shell (ksh), and the Z shell (zsh). In macOS 10.15 Catalina, bash has been replaced by zsh as the default login and interactive shell.