# current() If a command is being executed in the current thread by Cocoa scripting’s built-in Apple event handling, return the command. ``` class func current() -> NSScriptCommand? ``` ## Discussion A command is being executed in the current thread by Cocoa scripting’s built-in Apple event handling if an instance of `NSScriptCommand` is handling an [`execute()`](/documentation/Foundation/NSScriptCommand/execute()) message at this instant as the result of the dispatch of an Apple event. Returns `nil` otherwise. [`scriptErrorNumber`](/documentation/Foundation/NSScriptCommand/scriptErrorNumber) and [`scriptErrorString`](/documentation/Foundation/NSScriptCommand/scriptErrorString) messages sent to the returned command object will affect the reply event sent to the sender of the event from which the command was constructed, if the sender has requested a reply. A suspended command is not considered the current command. If a command is suspended and no other command is being executed in the current thread, [`current()`](/documentation/Foundation/NSScriptCommand/current()) returns `nil`. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)