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If I use a "Run Shell Script" action, and then drag an "If" beneath it... it seems it's only able to interact with "Shell Script Result", which I think is any terminal output.

This means the If block can only switch on whether there's output or not.

Is there a way I can switch on exit status? I'd like to pop up a notification on success, or a warning message on failure.

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  • Are you trying to capture the output of the shell script as a text to be stored in variable? (Or instead gathering the numerical exit status which the shell assigns to $? ) Commented Sep 12, 2024 at 13:35
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    The reason for the limitation is that "Shell Script Result" defaults to type "File". If you choose type "Number" instead and add echo $? at the end of your script, you can do a numeric comparison (equal, greater than, etc). $? is a variable set by the shell that stores the exit status of the most recently executed command, as mentioned in bmike's comment. Commented Sep 12, 2024 at 13:46
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    Have you given any thought to using logical AND and logical OR? The basic syntax would look like this -> print foo && print success || print failure. Commented Sep 12, 2024 at 15:43

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If Run Shell Script finishes with a non-zero exit code, the Shortcut stops running immediately. It pops up an alert

Run Shell Script finished with an error.
Exit code: 1

Maybe that alert is already satisfactory for you.

If it's not, then you'll have to do all of your shell error-handling in the shell anyway.

Instead of running your-command, run

$( your-command ) && echo success || echo failure

Then use a Match action to check if the shell output ends with the word success:

  1. Match success$ in Shell Script Result
  2. If Matches has any value

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