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I need to teach a non-technical person how to configure and run a series of shell scripts. This person has never used the Terminal before.

The shell scripts look something like this:

configOption1 = "abcdefg"
configOption2 = "hijklmnop"

# Do not edit below this line

# ----------------------------

[shell stuff here]here which runs some `curl` commands to change things on a website]

I could theoretically try to teach her how to make these changes in TextEdit, run chmod +x in the Terminal, and then execute the script, but this would require navigating files and directories in the Terminal, for the chmod +x step if nothing else.

I could maybe also create some type of make-executable.command script that sets chmod +x on the other scripts, but this feels fragile; I want her to be relatively self-sufficient.

Is there an app that would make running the scripts easier for someone without command line experience? The app that most comes to mind is CodeRunner, which I use myself, but it's relatively expensive at $20. It would be nice if there was something free.

I need to teach a non-technical person how to configure and run a series of shell scripts. This person has never used the Terminal before.

The shell scripts look something like this:

configOption1 = "abcdefg"
configOption2 = "hijklmnop"

# Do not edit below this line

# ----------------------------

[shell stuff here]

I could theoretically try to teach her how to make these changes in TextEdit, run chmod +x in the Terminal, and then execute the script, but this would require navigating files and directories in the Terminal, for the chmod +x step if nothing else.

I could maybe also create some type of make-executable.command script that sets chmod +x on the other scripts, but this feels fragile; I want her to be relatively self-sufficient.

Is there an app that would make running the scripts easier for someone without command line experience? The app that most comes to mind is CodeRunner, which I use myself, but it's relatively expensive at $20. It would be nice if there was something free.

I need to teach a non-technical person how to configure and run a series of shell scripts. This person has never used the Terminal before.

The shell scripts look something like this:

configOption1 = "abcdefg"
configOption2 = "hijklmnop"

# Do not edit below this line

# ----------------------------

[shell stuff here which runs some `curl` commands to change things on a website]

I could theoretically try to teach her how to make these changes in TextEdit, run chmod +x in the Terminal, and then execute the script, but this would require navigating files and directories in the Terminal, for the chmod +x step if nothing else.

I could maybe also create some type of make-executable.command script that sets chmod +x on the other scripts, but this feels fragile; I want her to be relatively self-sufficient.

Is there an app that would make running the scripts easier for someone without command line experience? The app that most comes to mind is CodeRunner, which I use myself, but it's relatively expensive at $20. It would be nice if there was something free.

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Simple, free GUI application for running shell scripts

I need to teach a non-technical person how to configure and run a series of shell scripts. This person has never used the Terminal before.

The shell scripts look something like this:

configOption1 = "abcdefg"
configOption2 = "hijklmnop"

# Do not edit below this line

# ----------------------------

[shell stuff here]

I could theoretically try to teach her how to make these changes in TextEdit, run chmod +x in the Terminal, and then execute the script, but this would require navigating files and directories in the Terminal, for the chmod +x step if nothing else.

I could maybe also create some type of make-executable.command script that sets chmod +x on the other scripts, but this feels fragile; I want her to be relatively self-sufficient.

Is there an app that would make running the scripts easier for someone without command line experience? The app that most comes to mind is CodeRunner, which I use myself, but it's relatively expensive at $20. It would be nice if there was something free.