Need to place a file from web to a user library folder

[jaycruz145]

Hi all, newbie to scripting and Jamf, so please bear with me here. 

I would like to create a script that pulls a config file for our VPN client and places it in the users library/application support/application/config folder. I think the script would be as follows: 

#!/bin/bash

curl https://website.com/place/file.plist -o ~/Library/Application\ Support/ApplicationName/Config/file.plist

Does this look like it would work to download to the users Library folder? 

Edit: input the -o in the middle of the curl line, forgot to input that there!

[dwbergstrom · Accepted solution]

You'd probably want to use the absolute path here with the user's name plugged in as a variable, so something like:

#!/bin/sh

loggedInUser=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | scutil | awk '/Name 😕 && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )

curl https://website.com/place/file.plist -o "/Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Application\ Support/ApplicationName/Config/file.plist"

Also don't forget the quotes around the destination path since there are spaces.

[jaycruz145]

Just tried running this in terminal by typing sh /locationofthisscript.sh and hitting enter, but got a 'awk: syntax error at line 1 . Was there something in there about an emoji?

[dwbergstrom]

Sorry, weird editing issue.  I think it's fixed now.  And I see you did have -o for output there already.

[jaycruz145]

So ran that as well and the output  was the same unfortunately. Just wondering though, what does this emoji have to do with pulling the current users account name?

[dwbergstrom]

It's because I apparently can't figure out the text formatting - I'm not sure how it ended up there.  I think this new edit should be better.

[jaycruz145]

OHHH I googled the beginning part of it and the emoji is = colon forward slash. When you input that in this text field, the formatting changes it automatically. 😋 I input the change to the script and it worked! Thanks!!