Adding Bash script as associated program not working

[laurent45654]

I've created a simple Bash script that converts the provided file to JPEG and adds a watermark. I've then added it to the Configured Programs - I've set the path to my Bash script and left the Arguments empty.

Now when I try to run this, nothing happens. In the console it only shows this:

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_LSOpenURLsWithCompletionHandler() failed for the application /Users/path/imageToWatermarkedJpeg.sh with error -10811 for the file /path/to/image.png

Any idea what could be the issue?

[laurent45654]

Anybody?

[laurent45654]

Ok I finally found how to do it (on macOS). Putting a mini-tutorial here in case someone ends up here:

First, XnView is not going to run CLI programs, at least as far I can tell. The error indicates that it's trying to open the shell script as if it was an app, or maybe with the default associated program (which may be a text editor) - so basically not doing what you want. So the trick is to convert that script to a GUI app, and that can be done using Automator.

- First open Automator
- Select "Application" as document type
- Add a "Run Shell Script" action
- Set the command to this:

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/path/to/yourscript.sh "$@"

- "$@" is important to ensure the arguments are passed to your script, since Automator won't do it by default
- In the "Pass input" dropdown, select "As arguments" - again so that the file path is passed to your script

Once done save the app. You can now add it from "Configure programs" and it should work.

[xnview]

The error indicates that it's trying to open the shell script as if it was an app,

yes, standard open from finder is used