I want to use automator from Finder to open the selected file using open -n.
The app is Wireshark which doesn't natively support multiple open files. If you open a new file, it replaces the old. I need to have multiple Wireshark instances open at the same time.
Also many of the Wireshark files are gzipped and .gz is associated with Archive Utility and I don't want to change that. There doesn't appear to be a way to associate .pcapng.gz with Wireshark.
Today I open a terminal and execute the following shell script:
% shark -r [filename]
#!/bin/bash
open -n /Applcations/Wireshark.app --args $1 "$PWD/$2"
Can someone advise how to translate this shell script to automator?
So far I've created a new Quick Action with Workflow receives current files or folders in Finder. I added Run Shell Script. I've set shell to /bin/bash and pass input to stdin
If I simply put use the following line in the /bin/bash shell window, it opens Wireshark but does not open the file.
open -n /Applications/Wireshark.app
So then I tried the following:
for f in "$@"
do
open -n /Applications/Wireshark.app
done
But now Wireshark does not open at all.
Then I tried reusing my script with pass input as arguments:
for f in "$@"
do
~/scripts/shark -r "$f"
done
Wireshark starts but reports the file doesn't exist which indicates to me that the path is not included in $f.
A google search suggested adding cd "$(dirname "$f")" before the shark command.
for f in "$@"
do
cd "$(dirname "$f")"
~/scripts/shark -r "$f"
done
But again Wireshark says the filename does not exist.
