Call KBM Macro from the Shell with `osascript`?

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Hey @gmark,

I expect the easiest way is to use the Keyboard Maestro URL-scheme.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
open kmtrigger://macro=AFB1EE80-3A76-4E58-A0E8-4C742CBC5C5F

The last parameter is the UUID of the macro.

If/when you run AppleScript from Bash I recommend making it readable. One-liners may seem streamlined, but when you have to maintain them they can be very hard to read.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

read -r -d '' asCmdStr <<'EOF'
   tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
      do script "AFB1EE80-3A76-4E58-A0E8-4C742CBC5C5F"
   end tell
EOF

osascript -e "$asCmdStr"

-Chris