rz file transfer is asking several times to upload file into Linux server from Mac

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I’m using the lrzsz tool to transfer files between a Mac and a Linux server. Using sz works fine, but when I use rz in the Linux terminal for the first time, it opens the Mac file upload UI. After the first selection, the upload UI keeps opening multiple times, even if I cancel subsequent pop-ups. The file uploads correctly to the server selected the first time.

The main issue is why it keeps asking to upload a file after the first selection.

Here is the rz file trigger set in Mac:

#!/bin/bash
# Author: Matt Mastracci ([email protected])
# AppleScript from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4309087/cancel-button-on-osascript-in-a-bash-script
# licensed under cc-wiki with attribution required
# Remainder of script public domain

osascript -e 'tell application "iTerm2" to version' > /dev/null 2>&1 && NAME=iTerm2 || NAME=iTerm
if [[ $NAME = "iTerm" ]]; then
        FILE=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTerm" to activate' -e 'tell application "iTerm" to set thefile to choose file with prompt "Choose a file to send"' -e "do shell script (\"echo \"&(quoted form of POSIX path of thefile as Unicode text)&\"\")"`
else
        FILE=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTerm2" to activate' -e 'tell application "iTerm2" to set thefile to choose file with prompt "Choose a file to send"' -e "do shell script (\"echo \"&(quoted form of POSIX path of thefile as Unicode text)&\"\")"`
fi
if [[ $FILE = "" ]]; then
        echo Cancelled.
        # Send ZModem cancel
        echo -e \\x18\\x18\\x18\\x18\\x18
        sleep 1
        echo
        echo \# Cancelled transfer
else
        /usr/local/bin/sz "$FILE" -e -b
        sleep 1
        echo
        echo \# Received $FILE
fi

I attempted to inspect the script file for any loop events that could trigger multiple file upload actions but couldn’t find any.

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