How to tell OS X not to “wait” during a bash script?

Question

I've set up this script:

#!/bin/bash
/Applications/NameChanger.app/Contents/MacOS/NameChanger "$@"
osascript -e "delay 1" -e "tell application \"NameChanger\" to activate"

I'm using it to pass file names to NameChanager. Without the second line it loads NameChanger unfocused. I thought I should use a delay and then activate with applescript to get it focused.

Unfortunately the script is "waiting" for NameChanger to run and then to exit before executing the applescript bit. How can I change that?

sakra sakra · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-01T14:09:20

Alternatively you can use the open command to launch NameChanger. This should also automatically bring NameChanger to the foreground:

#!/bin/bash
open /Applications/NameChanger.app --args "$@"

How to tell OS X not to “wait” during a bash script?

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