[HN Gopher] AppleScript: Control Your Mac with an Email ___________________________________________________________________ AppleScript: Control Your Mac with an Email Author : Bondi_Blue Score : 21 points Date : 2022-10-26 20:46 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (support.apple.com) (TXT) w3m dump (support.apple.com) | CharlesW wrote: | Actual title: "Use scripts as rule actions in Mail on Mac" | | _You can attach an AppleScript script to a Mail rule. For | example, you could have an incoming message trigger a script that | copies information from the message and pastes it into a database | that works with Script Editor._ | mikece wrote: | Looks cool; what kinds of automation-via-email hacks have been | done with this? | berbec wrote: | rm -rf ~/ | [deleted] | kuwoze wrote: | hey, that's a very useful trick indeed! i suggest all try it | nicce wrote: | He was polite and did not spoil the ultimate trick without | tilde character. | nneonneo wrote: | The version with the tilde character is worse! At least | with the bare slash, some versions of rm will simply | refuse to run (they require --no-preserve-root). Plus, | even if it works, "rm -rf /" is likely to start at | something like /bin and spew a ton of errors unless you | use sudo, giving you ample time to abort before it starts | wiping the stuff you care about in /home, /usr, etc. | | On the other hand, with the tilde, it will just start | wiping your personal files right away and will probably | not run into any permission errors. | computomatic wrote: | $ git clone git@github.com:dotfiles '$HOME' | Cloning into '$HOME'... *ugh...* $ | rm -rf $HOME *wait...* $ cd $HOME | cd: no such file or directory: /Users/admin | *fuuuuuuuu* | bobuk wrote: | just for explanation, "rm -rf" is a shortened for "Read Mail | from the (dash) Root Folder", very useful | quickco wrote: | that's not cool. Tricking computer users who may not be | familiar with this command and which could cause data loss | with real world repercussions (lost company data, lost | treasured family photos etc) is not cool or funny. | | For those unfamiliar with this command, it may completely | remove all files from your system, resulting in a broken | and unrecoverable system. | nneonneo wrote: | With the tilde, it'll actually "just" remove all your | files, which will probably leave your system perfectly | usable without any of your stuff. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-10-26 23:00 UTC)