Script works in terminal but not from Nautilus, very frustrating!

[Tommy Trussell]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Johnny Rosenberg
<gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't really know what's happening here…
>
> I use MEGA for storing file ”in the cloud”. I also installed ”megatools”, which are CLI tools for managing my files.
>
> I wrote a script that does some things, including getting the http link from files online.
> The command looks like this:
> megals --export filename
>
> Here's a working example:
> $ megals --export "/Root/Projekt Johnny Guitar/03. Rock Nuts.flac" | awk '{print $1}'
> https://mega.co.nz/#!JtgSmZjR!PC47fvH_nyktjMRY_6gE66plq-XH9fhGc8PuDjZKeeQ
> $
>
> Here's how I use it in my script:
> OnlineFlacFolder="/Root/Projekt Johnny Guitar"
> OnlineFlacFile="${OnlineFlacFolder}/${FileName}"
> export OnlineFlacLink=$(megals --export "${OnlineFlacFile}" \
> | awk '{print $1}')
>
> When running my script from a terminal it works perfectly.
> A soft link to the script is located in ~/bin and another one is located in ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts
> I can run any of these links from the terminal, it just works.
>
> I want to run my script by right clicking a file in Nautilus, then select Script → MyScript,
> but it seems like the ”megals” line doesn't run at all when running the script this way.
>
> I tried to specify the search path to megals, but the result was the same:
> OnlineFlacFolder="/Root/Projekt Johnny Guitar"
> OnlineFlacFile="${OnlineFlacFolder}/${FileName}"
> export OnlineFlacLink=$(/usr/local/bin/megals --export "${OnlineFlacFile}" \
> | awk '{print $1}')
>
> I have tried some more things but I don't remember them all right now…
>
> Any ideas?
> The only line that doesn't seem to work in my script when run from Nautilus, is that ”megals” line, everything else seems to work.


This is just a guess -- I haven't done a lot of shell scripting in
Nautilus, but one thing I ALWAYS have done is specify the shell in the
script. If you prefer Bash, make sure the first line is

#!/bin/bash

I am not sure what shell the scripts will run in from Nautilus when
you don't specify your shell. When you run scripts in the terminal, I
believe whatever shell you normally use is assumed.