How to run a shell script using Spotlight?

Question

Is there a way to run a shell script using Spotlight on Mac OS X 10.6? I would like to be able to invoke a shell script directly from Spotlight without opening up a terminal.

Answer 1

I would also like to add, if you need the terminal window to disappear after running the command, you can set the terminal settings to do just that.

It's under settings >> shell >> when the shell exits.

This will still leave Terminal running but the script will at least clean up after itself.

I used this for writing a script to hide and show desktop icons.

Answer 2

Save your shell script with a .command suffix - this makes it double-clickable and you should also be able to run it directly from Spotlight too.

Answer 3

To make the Terminal window disappear when finished as of MacOS >= 10.0:

Terminal > Preferences > Select your default profile

Then Shell > When the shell exits select Close if the shell exited cleanly