Jeremy Bernstein

Jeremy

 object: execute shell commands via this excellent Max object

Bill Orcutt's shell object: execute shell commands via this excellent Max object


bernstein-shell

I was curious about this. Does this shell object allow me to interact with the terminal shell (the way pd shell does)?

I was curious about this.  Does this shell object allow me to interact with the terminal shell (the way pd shell does)?


sadly, "top" doesn't work (anymore?) for the shell-external. Bug? Feature? ;)

Quickly examining the code after an absence of many years and with fresh eyes, it looks to me like this object needs some serious love. I'll try to find some time to do a major rewrite in the coming weeks. 'top' is a special case because it's an interactive command and not a simple "read" operation. But using some of the advanced technologies in the uci chess object, in particular pseudoterminals, it should be possible to support that and more. Let's see how it goes.

seems that if i open ssh pi@192.168.1.85 "omxplayer /home/pi/Desktop/pd_player/error/error3.mov" for example then any other message wont work while clip is playing.. not only ssh -l pi 192.168.1.85 "killall omxplayer.bin"

seems that if i open ssh pi@192.168.1.85 "omxplayer /home/pi/Desktop/pd_player/error/error3.mov" for example then any other message wont work while clip is playing.. not only ssh -l pi 192.168.1.85  "killall omxplayer.bin"

I'm sure this is the result of the general oldness and semi-awkwardness of some of this code. When I get a chance for a rewrite, I'll post in the forum. Thanks!

thanks... but seems that problem is between my ears.. if i open this command in terminal.. even then i cant kill it from the same window..

is there option to open 2 shell objects like 2 different terminal windows?

thanks... but seems that problem is between my ears.. if i open this command in terminal.. even then i cant kill it from the same window..
is there option to open 2 shell objects like 2 different terminal windows?


Well... you could have 2 copies of the shell object. Or... you could put an '&' at the end of your command to put it into the background on launch. Then shell won't block for the next command. In theory, not tested.

like in terminal.. there is this ttys002 and ttys001 system..

& didn't work in practice.. but i did script where i ssh-d the player, waited a sec and killall ssh.. after that you can stop the movie! works!! keep up good work!

https://cycling74.com/forums/shell-2013/


Could you pls post a help file for your shell mxo file? Thanks.

Thank you for the fantastic object, it works fine except that I have an issue with pstoedit (

 the command for running that via Mac terminal is: pstoedit -f hpgl ~/Documents/test.pdf > ~/Documents/output1.hpgl But when I try doing this with shell it outputs an empty .hpgl file, is there anyway I can fix that?

Hi Jeremy,
Thank you for the fantastic object, it works fine except that I have an issue with pstoedit (http://www.pstoedit.net) the command for running that via Mac terminal is: pstoedit -f hpgl ~/Documents/test.pdf > ~/Documents/output1.hpgl But when I try doing this with shell it outputs an empty .hpgl file, is there anyway I can fix that?

is the shell object available for windows7?

I need to do a command « minimize patch » in Max Msp

I think it’s possible to command « minimize patch » with object shell

But I don’t understand script message for shell?

I need to do a command « minimize patch » in Max Msp
I look and I do not find in Max
I think it’s possible to command « minimize patch » with object shell
But I don’t understand script message for shell?

Serge, this should do it. You may have to adjust your accessibility settings to allow Max to control your system.

All the best to you and everyone in Paris, brother.

Serge, this should do it.  You may have to adjust your accessibility settings to allow Max to control your system.

All the best to you and everyone in Paris,  brother.

Whoops.. the above patch minimizes all open windows. Here is the script to minimize the current active window.

Whoops..  the above patch minimizes all open windows.  Here is the script to minimize the current active window.

Thank you MetaMax!
all is OK! It is great!
Thank you for Paris,  the life is strong
Brother


I'm trying to get this command line tool to work inside max:

Hi,
I'm trying to get this command line tool to work inside max:
https://github.com/jdberry/tag
Is it possible ?

I've heard about this new feature in Windows 10 :

http://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/

Is there any plan to port the shell object for windows users now? I'm developing on Mac, in particular a library using shell to run LISP code with SBCL and displaying the results with the bach library. Since SBCL is available on Windows as well, a bridge would be really welcome... :)

I've heard about this new feature in Windows 10 :
http://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/

So I have been using a combination of shell object and MacOS Automator to load Max on boot, and to Restart show machine if any components aren't working correctly (monitored in various ways). This was all nice and happy, until the latest iteration now forces us to use a Windows 10 machine!! Any ideas?

Looks like mxj might be a go, but I am not a javascripter, and am under a deadline....

Anyone got this sort of automation (close / max / restart machine on condition) happening with Windows?

So I have been using a combination of shell object and MacOS Automator to load Max on boot, and to Restart show machine if any components aren't working correctly (monitored in various ways). This was all nice and happy, until the latest iteration now forces us to use a Windows 10 machine!! Any ideas? 

Looks like mxj might be a go, but I am not a javascripter, and am under a deadline.... 

Do you know where can I download shell for Mac? I went to maxobjects but both links seem broken. Also there seems to be no link to the object from here as well. Thanks!

Hi Guys, 
Do you know where can I download shell for Mac? I went to maxobjects but both links seem broken. Also there seems to be no link to the object from here as well. Thanks!

Hey, would love to have a link as well! Thanks

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YI8EXh-oa31-w6pFVJk6YhiiuxenHK3g

here
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YI8EXh-oa31-w6pFVJk6YhiiuxenHK3g

Has anyone successfully used the shell object provided by TOILTOUCH? I can't seem to have it send any messages to the terminal.

Does somebody has a copy of the former shell.mxo that works with Max 6? I use an old Macmini with osx Snow Leopard to work within an exhibition, and plan to display HD videos by using Quicktime rather than jit.qt.movie which cannot give a good fluent rendering. Thanks in advance. Charles.

Hello
Does somebody has a copy of the former shell.mxo that works with Max 6? I use an old Macmini with osx Snow Leopard to work  within an exhibition, and plan to display HD videos by using Quicktime rather than jit.qt.movie which cannot give a good fluent rendering. Thanks in advance. Charles.


Hi Jeremy, thank you for updating the shell-object. I need to use telnet via max, is there a way to do it with the shell object? I tried to send "telnet 192.168.1.1" to connect with the client , but it didnt worked out.

I'm trying to use the [shell] object to send a simple command line to the terminal in order to pass an MQTT signal (Mac user here). I did it through Mosquitto in terminal, and in Node-Red (which can communicate with Max nicely with UDP), works like a charm, but I would like to be able to do it right from the shell object.

The command line is extremely simple, something like this:

This runs perfectly from the terminal, but I can't send it remotely from the shell object, which is weird. 

I already used the shell in the past, with success, but here it doesn't work.

Hi guys, 

I'm trying to use the [shell] object to send a simple command line to the terminal in order to pass an MQTT signal (Mac user here). I did it through Mosquitto in terminal, and in Node-Red  (which can communicate with Max nicely with UDP), works like a charm, but I would like to be able to do it right from the shell object. 

This runs perfectly from the terminal, but I can't send it remotely from the shell object, which is weird. 
I already used the shell in the past, with success, but here it doesn't work. 

Hi everyone, is it possible through the shell to shutdown the mac from Max MSP? I tried with the 

command but it doesn't work, maybe because it normally requires the password?

Hi everyone, is it possible through the shell to shutdown the mac from Max MSP? I tried with the 
sudo shutdown -h now 
command but it doesn't work, maybe because it normally requires the password?

Did you try the curtains 3rd party (also by Jeremy B.) object?

https://cycling74.com/forums/curtains-1-4

please help to execute it and get the data using the shell

tell application "System Events" set the props to get the properties of the front window of application process "Finder" set theSBounds to {size, position} of props end tell

please help to execute it and get the data using the shell


@Jeremy I solved the problem, everything works perfectly, you did a really good job!

I am struggling with an effect on windows 10:

I want to execute a ultragrid (video-streaming app -> ultragrid.cz) script with [shell] on windows.

This works well, at least I can start it. but killing it via 'pkill' is not working. using 'pkill' stops the process printing to the max console, but the process is still alive in the background. I have to kill it explicitly with 'taskkill'.

This wouldn't be much of a problem if I only wanted to run one of those processes.

But I plan to run multiple of these processes, and since I don't know the process id of the process I start within [shell], I have a problem. So I wonder if there is a way to get the process id when starting a process inside [shell].

I want to execute a ultragrid (video-streaming app -> ultragrid.cz) script with [shell] on windows. 

This works well, at least I can start it. but killing it via 'pkill' is not working. using  'pkill'  stops the process printing to the max console, but the process is still alive in the background. I have to kill it explicitly with 'taskkill'. 

This wouldn't be much of a problem if I only wanted to run one of those processes. 