output script running from springboard

Ok, I used the Info.plist below to add an icon to my springboard an execute a bash script. The only thing i can get to display is the Default.png while the script executes.

Is it possible to display the output of the script while it runs?


I found this on this forum somewhere:

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
        <string>English</string>
        <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
        <string>name_of_shell_script.sh</string>
        <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
        <string>com.unique.identifier</string>
        <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
        <string>6.0</string>
        <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
        <string>APPL</string>
        <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
        <string>0.1.0</string>
        <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
        <string>????</string>
        <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
        <string>1.0</string>
</dict>
</plist>

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In principle, a scripts doesn't get displayed because it's not a UIKit application (it doesn't have a user interface). There are UIKit apps that can display the output of a script, notably MobileTerminal. If you aren't already using that, you could install it and in its settings (tap the clock once), at Terminal 1, put as "Arguments" the path to your script as a starting command.

An alternative is to send the output of the script to a file you can look at afterwards.

Thanks for the info. I do havemobile terminal and I decided to just add a gesture shortcut for the script.. one extra button to push, but it's a lot better seeing that the script actually ran correctly.

Spit