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I guess it would be compiled as a command line app? I'm familiar with Swift but I have never built a CLI app.

Thanks.

So they write a bash or zsh script, or perhaps python or something else, and turn it into an executable independent of Alfred?

The executable interests me. How is that created? It doesn't exist for any other workflow that I have installed. Is it created the author of the workflow, or is it generated by Alfred?

I think I'm beginning to understand it. The ./SLAW --flag is a script. It points to the executable in the workflow directory. That's about all I understand though.

Thanks, but there is no script. There is the SnippetsLabAlfredWorkflow executable. I'm assuming that any user made scripts have been embedded into that?

Hi, I'm trying to understand the script filter object. Looking at the script filter in the SnippetsLab Search workflow they don't actually have the script in the filter text field. There is this line: ./SnippetsLabAlfredWorkflow --action=search --query="{query}" I'm wondering what's going on here. I assume the script filter code is embedded into the SLAlfredWorkflow executable. How is that executable made?

Excellent and very useful workflow. Thank you. I've set it to a Photo management app that I use called Stockpile so that I can search for photos inside the app (it works with Apple Photos too, but because Photos gives them numbered titles it's impossible to know what to search for). I'm wondering if there's a way to create further search options that go beyond just the name of the file? I've been learning the terminal and unix commands and looking into how to write scripts, but it's beyond me for now. I'd like to be able to search by User Tag as well as by title if that's possible.

I have a question about the get matching argument automation task. Is it possible to have an array of regular expressions in a single task? If so, how is it written? I have tried commas and a few other things, but without success.

One thing to be aware of when building the Automation Task is that the script didn't filter out alias folders that I had on the Desktop. I'm guessing probably because alias folders are actually just files that link to a folder elsewhere.

Thanks, Vitor I need to look into how to use the terminal and write scripts. I'm loving Alfred. So very useful. It's a great app.

Hi all, I'm new to Alfred. I'm building a workflow to clear my desktop when it becomes too cluttered. The steps so far are: 1. Keyword 2. Automation task: list folder contents ~/Desktop 3. File buffer That works great, but I'm struggling to find a way to filter the Desktop contents so that folders don't get placed in the buffer, or alternatively remove them once added. My plan is to move all the buffer contents to particular folders on the Desktop based on their file type, but I need to remove the folders first. Any ideas will be much appreciated.