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Asked: June 1, 20262026-06-01T12:48:06+00:00 2026-06-01T12:48:06+00:00

How can I run an AppleScript from within an C commandline utility? Googling didn’t

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How can I run an AppleScript from within an C commandline utility?
Googling didn’t work, it only gave me Objective-C solutions…

EDIT:
Oops, I should have googled for ‘run shell script C’…
Now i found the system() function…

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    2026-06-01T12:48:08+00:00Added an answer on June 1, 2026 at 12:48 pm

    I would use the exec family of functions, which is safer than system:

    int exitCode = execlp("osascript", "osascript", "-e", "say \"Hello World\"", NULL);
    
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