Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have a shell script, which I launch
several times during work everyday. I do this by launching
terminal, and launching the script from within. However, I would
like to be able to launch it (from within a terminal) with a
global OSX keyboard shortcut (Cmd+Shift+R say).  There are quite
a few applications which work in this manner already (for eg.
EverNote, RemindMeLater, even the default Cmd-Space which brings
up the search utility) and hence, I am guessing this should be
at least theoretically possible.  Could someone please tell me
if and how this can be done?  share|improve this question add
comment  1 Answer  up vote 1 down vote accepted  Instead of
using a global shortcut key, maybe try creating an applescript
that runs the shell script? So just open at AppleScript Editor,
and enter something like this.  do shell script "//Your script";
Then save it as an application in the format drop down.  After
that, you can run the script just by opening up the application
with something