I use Pandoc to convert Markdown files to PDFs. If I call Pandoc from the Terminal directly, to works fine. To automate the process, if in Automator I use the "Run Shell Script" command, I get the error shown in the screenshot.
If I use an AppleScript to run a Shell Script, it works fine, but it leaves a Terminal window open once it's completed.
How do I get Automator to run the Shell Script properly?
(If it matters, zsh shell throughout).
Adding either Automator or Terminal still produces the same error. Same if both are added.
I don't know where to find zsh to be able try that.
And I currently have the Automator action saved as a Quick Action and the Settings tab doesn't allow me to grant Disk Access to it (it's greyed out when I navigate to it).
I have however managed to circumnavigate the problem now. Instead of using Automator, posting the same Shell Script in a Service created in Shortcuts achieves the desired result. (In that case, there was a pop-up asking for permission to access the relevant location when I first ran the script).
The Automator Run Shell Script has no knowledge of your PATH as you have it set in your SHELL dotfile. It won't know that pandoc is either in /usr/local/bin, or /opt/homebrew/bin if you simply reference pandoc by its name. Your options:
At the beginning of the Run Shell Script apply one of these appropriate for the Shell in use, where the dotfile is exporting a PATH statement that includes one of the paths above:
source ~/.zshrc
source ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bash_profile
Or, in the absence of the source statement, explicitly reference pandoc where it resides. Either of:
/usr/local/bin/pandoc
/opt/homebrew/bin/pandoc
Since you haven't shown the Run Shell Script source inclusive of the pandoc invocation, any inadvertent syntax error preceding or trailing the pandoc reference remains a mystery until you post the code here using the <> code tool in the toolbar.
Possibly, add Automator to Full Disk Access in Privacy & Security System Settings.
It also could be Terminal that needs to be added.
I don't think zsh would need to be added, but maybe so.
Automator Shell Script Problem
