Embed shell script in applescript

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi, is there a way to embed external shell scripts into an applescript application? I have several long shell scripts that I’m using in my applescript and I’d like to make it easy to move my application around (eg make it one file).

Am I limited to putting the shell script text inside the script itself? And if so, what characters do i have to escape besides ""?

Thanks

#2
  1. Put the shell scripts inside the app’s bundle contents.
  2. Make code to get the POSIX path of the code.
  3. Add "do shell script "sh " & shpath

NOTE: shpath is a variable.

Hope that helps. :smiley:

#3

You can also embed the code in an AppleScript string and use do shell script "sh -c " & quoted form of shellScriptText & " - " & quoted form of arg1 & " " & quoted form of arg2 – etc.. Most other ˜script interpreters’ have similar options (perl and ruby take -e).

#4

Thanks guys! I think I know what you mean. The app bundle idea sounds like what I was looking for. The embed in a sting idea is also something that will definitely come in handy as well.

Thanks again