Unable to run 'display notification' using osascript in a tmux session

Question

If I run the following command in Apple Script Editor directly,

display notification "Hello, world"

I can see a notification as expected

However if I tried to invoke it via command line:

 osascript  -e 'display notification "Hello, world"'

It turns out I am running it in a tmux session. If I just ran the command in my default shell, it works as expected.

How can I get it to work with tmux?

I ran it in a tmux session. Apparently it did not work if I call it in a tmux session, but works fine in my default shell. Strange — Anthony Kong, Commented Feb 28, 2015 at 20:30
This might be caused by the same issue complicating tmux access to the OS X pasteboard. See here for details, and check if installing reattach-to-user-namespace (brew install reattach-to-user-namespace if you are running Homebrew) helps. — kopischke, Commented Mar 2, 2015 at 16:54

snomof · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-18 03:50:49Z

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As @kopischke said, install or upgrade reattach-to-user-namespace may solve this problem.

If your reattach-to-user-namespace is old, notification works well after brew upgrade reattach-to-user-namespace.

answered Jun 18, 2015 at 3:50

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And add the line to ~/.tmux.conf set-option -g default-command "reattach-to-user-namespace -l zsh"
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mmwtsn · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-22 13:24:07Z

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Building on @snomof's answer, you'll want to install reattach-to-user-namespace through Homebrew or MacPorts and wrap the call to osascript:

reattach-to-user-namespace osascript  -e 'display notification "Hello, world"'

answered Jun 22, 2015 at 13:24

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And add the line to ~/.tmux.conf set-option -g default-command "reattach-to-user-namespace -l zsh"
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