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<blockquote data-quote="Ratsima" data-source="post: 1819627" data-attributes="member: 402210">The following shell script runs DetectX in the background and sends the results via email:[CODE]#!/bin/sh/Applications/DetectX\ Swift.app/Contents/MacOS/DetectX\ Swift vsearch | mail -s &quot;DetectX&quot; xxxxxxx@mac.com[/CODE]The following launchd Property List runs the above shell script every day at 4:00 AM[CODE]&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC &quot;-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd&quot;&gt;&lt;plist version=&quot;1.0&quot;&gt;&lt;dict&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;Disabled&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;false/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;EnvironmentVariables&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;dict&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;PATH&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;string&gt;/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/sbin&lt;/string&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/dict&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;Label&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;string&gt;com.mgnewman.detectx&lt;/string&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;ProgramArguments&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;array&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;string&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/string&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;string&gt;/Users/mnewman/bin/com.mgnewman.detectx.sh&lt;/string&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/array&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;RunAtLoad&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;false/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;StartCalendarInterval&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;array&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;dict&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;Hour&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;integer&gt;4&lt;/integer&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;key&gt;Minute&lt;/key&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;integer&gt;0&lt;/integer&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/dict&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/array&gt;&lt;/dict&gt;&lt;/plist&gt;[/CODE]The email message generated by the above looks like this:[CODE]Search func called with arg 0:&nbsp; /Applications/DetectX Swift.app/Contents/MacOS/DetectX SwiftSearch func called with arg 1:&nbsp; vsearchWithout a Pro or Commercial license, this CLI tool can only be used for a limited period of 20 days.There are 20 days of use remaining.Initiating search...Requested search for users:/Users/mnewmanDetectX Swift 1.0872019-04-26T05:17:01+0700Spotlight indexing: EnabledSearching...Nothing found.Elapsed search time: 38.45 secs[/CODE]Unfortunately, running DetectX from the command line this way requires a license that costs fifty bucks. Not sure if it's worth it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratsima, post: 1819627, member: 402210"] The following shell script runs DetectX in the background and sends the results via email: [CODE]#!/bin/sh /Applications/DetectX\ Swift.app/Contents/MacOS/DetectX\ Swift vsearch | mail -s "DetectX" xxxxxxx@mac.com[/CODE] The following launchd Property List runs the above shell script every day at 4:00 AM [CODE]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Disabled</key> <false/> <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>PATH</key> <string>/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/sbin</string> </dict> <key>Label</key> <string>com.mgnewman.detectx</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/bin/sh</string> <string>/Users/mnewman/bin/com.mgnewman.detectx.sh</string> </array> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <false/> <key>StartCalendarInterval</key> <array> <dict> <key>Hour</key> <integer>4</integer> <key>Minute</key> <integer>0</integer> </dict> </array> </dict> </plist> [/CODE] The email message generated by the above looks like this: [CODE]Search func called with arg 0: /Applications/DetectX Swift.app/Contents/MacOS/DetectX Swift Search func called with arg 1: vsearch Without a Pro or Commercial license, this CLI tool can only be used for a limited period of 20 days. There are 20 days of use remaining. Initiating search... Requested search for users: /Users/mnewman DetectX Swift 1.087 2019-04-26T05:17:01+0700 Spotlight indexing: Enabled Searching... Nothing found. Elapsed search time: 38.45 secs[/CODE] Unfortunately, running DetectX from the command line this way requires a license that costs fifty bucks. Not sure if it's worth it. [/QUOTE]

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