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Johann N. Löfflmann edited this page May 1, 2024 · 3 revisions

What is Fileside

Fileside is a commercial file manager on macOS. A free trial is available.

How to integrate Jacksum/HashGarten

1. Run Jacksum for macOS

See also https://github.com/jonelo/jacksum-for-macos?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

2. Create a few scripts

Open a text editor and create the 1) Calc Hash Values.sh script with the following content:

#!/bin/bash
/Applications/HashGarten.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/jacksum.sh cmd_calc "$@"

3. Make the script executable:

% chmod +x "1) Calc Hash Values.sh"

4. Repeat the steps above for all scripts you want:

Name of the script Command
1) Calc Hash Values.sh /Applications/HashGarten.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/jacksum.sh cmd_calc "$@"
2) Check Data Integrity.sh /Applications/HashGarten.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/jacksum.sh cmd_check "$@"
3) Customized Output.sh /Applications/HashGarten.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/jacksum.sh cmd_cust "$@"
4) Edit Script.sh /Applications/HashGarten.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/jacksum.sh cmd_edit

5. Select one of the scripts

See also https://www.fileside.app/faq/#can-i-run-shell-scripts-on-files

Select one or multiple files, right-click and choose Open With > Other…. From here, navigate to the folder with your script (must end in .sh) and select it. It will now run with the selected files as input arguments. Thereafter, the script will be added to the standard Open With menu for later reuse.

Please note that the script must have the executable permission x set for this to work.