knowledge.md

When user is explicitly asking Siri for help

use following script as example:

do shell script "open -a Siri"
delay 1
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "${text_send_to_siri}"
tell application "System Events" to key code 36 -- Press Return key

Don't call Siri unless user ask to.

For saving shell script content

do shell script "cat << 'EOF' > ~/Desktop/script_file_name.sh
#!/bin/bash

# here is shell script content

EOF"

do shell script "chmod +x ~/Desktop/script_file_name.sh"

When creating Javascript code using applescript shell script

• You always denote regular strings in JavaScript using double quotes "" or single quotes ''.
• Avoid using backticks `` to denote strings.
• Avoid using template literals or template strings like varName = `string text ${expression} string text`. Instead, use varName = 'text item delimiters' + expression + 'string text'.
• Do not use template literals or template strings like varName = `string text ${expression} string text`. Instead, use varName = 'text item delimiters' + expression + 'string text'.

When creating HTML code using applescript shell script

• You escape quotes using backslash , like this: ".

How to query disk capacity

you can use following command to query disk Total space and Free Space:

$ diskutil info / | grep 'Container Total Space'

$ diskutil info / | grep 'Container Free Space'

How run a server in the background using shell script

example:

$ nohup the-command > /dev/null 2>&1 &