The Execute Shell Script action runs in non-interactive mode which means none of the configuration scripts are invoked. Even if I call the configuration file from the first line of my action it doesn’t work. Is there any way at all I can automate the setting up of variables so that I don’t have to start each Execute Shell Script action with three long export commands?
Hey @Sleepy,
How exactly are you doing that?
You can set environment variables in Keyboard Maestro's Variables preference panel.
See ⇢ “Setting the ENV_PATH Keyboard Maestro Variable” on the wiki:
https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_Shell_Script
If you really want to load your config file then you can do something like this in your scripts:
source ~/.bashrc
-Chris
I did read that wiki page prior to writing my post but didn’t quite grasp the part that I needed to understand. But since you redirected me to it I assumed it would help me and I reread it and indeed it can be used to set any variable not just the PATH variable.
I used to be a UNIX admin (not a very good one) and even then I would forget about the source command. The fact that you put the source command in front of the line of text I had will probably fix that problem. But using the preference panel is probably a better idea for me, thanks!!
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