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Asked: 2026-06-04T04:29:04+00:00

This may be a basic question. I have written a small perl script to

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This may be a basic question. I have written a small perl script to run on a Mac running OS X which can be called from the finder by double clicking in the normal way. The file is executable and contains starts with #!/usr/bin/perl and input and output is via the clipboard. This all works but automatically opens a terminal window which the user must then close once execution is finished.

Is there an easy way to run this program as an application without opening a terminal? Can one do this with the native OS X perl? Or do I need to download something? Since the program will also be used by other users, the simpler the solution to better.

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  1. Editorial Team

    With the application “AppleScript Editor” : open it

    Copy/paste this script

    tell me to path to resource "this Name.pl" in directory "Scripts"
do shell script (quoted form of POSIX path of the result)

    In the first line, change the name “this Name.pl” by the name of your perl file.

    Save as –> Application

    In the Finder :
    Copy your perl file (executable) to the folder “/Contents/Resources/Scripts” of the created application

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