How can I make cliclick type text into an application? about cliclick

[BlueM]

Basically, if you want to type something, use the t (“type”) command. If you want to combine that with code that ensures that Sublime is the frontmost application, a typical method would be to use AppleScript like this:

tell application "Sublime Text" to activate
do shell script "/usr/local/bin/cliclick w:150 t:'The text to type'"

Equally, you can also use the cliclick invocation directly in a shell script (or a shell one-liner) and instead execute the AppleScript activate by using osascript:

osascript -e 'tell application "Sublime Text" to activate' && cliclick w:150 t:'The text to type'

Or use open:

open -a 'Sublime Text' && cliclick w:150 t:'Foo'

NB: The w (“wait”) command is used here to give Sublime some time to become frontmost app.