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Re: echo in do shell script
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Philip Aker <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:05:14 -0700
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On 2006-09-24, at 17:20:10, Nobumi Iyanaga wrote:

> I tried with a large text (more than 18000 characters) this script:
>
> 	tell application "Nisus Writer Express"
> 		set the_text to selected text of front document
> 	end tell
>
> 	do shell script "echo" & space & quoted form of the_text & space &  
> "> ~/Desktop/testtext.txt"
>
> This seems to work without problem -- although it adds a  
> supplementary LF at the end of the file.

do shell script "echo -n " & quoted form of the_text & " > ~/Desktop/ 
testtext.txt"

If your text has no apostrophes (') then:

do shell script "echo -n '" & the_text & "' > ~/Desktop/testtext.txt"


Philip Aker
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