batch files for mac?

[Insectoid]

Any mac users out there know how to write a script that will automatically run through the terminal on a mac? Similar to a batch file on Windows. I need it to execute when you click the icon, so no need to type into the terminal (working on a program in Perl, I want the script to navigate to the correct folder, then execute the perl script.

ex.

code:

cd desktop/TextGenerator perl sentenceGeneratorV2.pl

I need that code to be executed in the terminal.

[Tony]

the term is bash scripting and it's the same as on any other *nix system running bash for it's shell.

[md]

Or even more correctly shell scripting since it's a script that runs in a shell

something like

code:

#!/bin/bash cd ~/desktop/TextGenerator perl sentenceGeneratorV2.pl

should probably do it

[Insectoid]

But what do I save it as? Text files, obviously, open in a text editor.

[wtd]

It doesn't really matter what extension you give it. This isn't Windows. But, if you want to do so, use the standard file extension for a Unix shell file.

I leave that to your research capabilities to find out.