No notification after system command

[shira]

I have a simple keyword script that parses some arguments in Ruby and then uses `curl` to submit to a url (a Google Form). All works as advertised, including error messages after rescued Exceptions, except that I get no notification from any output in my script that occurs *after* the `curl` command. Examples:

# works correctly and echoes notification
puts "Completed successfully!"
`curl --data #{data} #{url}`

# does not echo notification
`curl --data #{data} #{url}`
puts "Completed successfully!"

In the second case, no notification ever gets issued. If I run the script from the command line, the final "Completed successfully" line is successfully sent to STDOUT after curl returns. Any idea why this should be the case?

 

[deanishe]

cURL write its output to STDOUT by default. It's possible that its output is interfering with the notification (e.g. Alfred registers a blank line and ignores it.)

Try redirecting cURL's output: curl ... > /dev/null.

Edited December 22, 2015 by deanishe