Remove a line

Hey guys this is really annoying me, i have a way to remove a line from the output of a shell cmd but when i put it into xcode it sees /n as a cmd to instert a new line :s , is there a way to disable this or how would you suggest i go about this

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Something like this should work:

"grep -v " & quoted form of (ASCII character 10)

You could also do it like this:

do shell script "AMSTracker"
last paragraph of result

great thanks for the reply, how would i put the second option into my code:

on getXY(theCoords)
	--
	set oldTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
	set text item delimiters to {"   "}
	set theX to first text item of theCoords
	set theY to second text item of theCoords
	set text item delimiters to oldTID
	return {theX, theY}
end getXY
	--runs motion cmd to find x and y axis
	set theCoords to do shell script thisHere & "Contents/Resources/AMSTracker"
	if theCoords is not "" then
		set {theX, theY} to getXY(theCoords)
		set theUpperX to theX + 1002
		set theLowerX to theX + 998
		set theUpperY to theY + 1002
		set theLowerY to theY + 998
	end if

I think you could replace that with this:

do shell script thisHere & "Contents/Resources/AMSTracker"
set theCoords to last paragraph of result

thanks for the quick reply, but when i put it in the alarm wouldnt sound anymore, i think by doin what you suggested it has now set the results permentatly

I don’t think you’re getting the right text items:

set ASTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {" "}
set test to text items of "   1    1   55"
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ASTID

return test

if i get what you said by that last post in the delimters " " i would put 3 spaces :S

-- alarm.applescript
-- alarm

--  Created by Steven Halford on 08/04/2006.
-- Modified by semaja2 on 13/04/2006
--  Copyright 2006 Steven Halford. All rights reserved.

property appName : "MultiAlarm"
--machType is either powerbook or ibook
property machType : "powerbook"
property alarmActivated : ""
property thisHere : ""
property theUpperX : ""
property theLowerX : ""
property theUpperY : ""
property theLowerY : ""


on launched theObject
	
	alarmActivate(1)
	
end launched

on idle theObject
	--runs motion cmd to find x and y axis
	do shell script thisHere & "Contents/Resources/AMSTracker"
	set theNewCoords to last paragraph of result
	if theNewCoords is not "" then
		set {theNewX, theNewY} to getXY(theNewCoords)
		set theNewX to theNewX + 1000
		set theNewY to theNewY + 1000
		--Checks the x and y axis for change if change is found it will start the process
		if theNewX is greater than theUpperX or theNewX is less than theLowerX or theNewY is greater than theUpperY or theNewY is less than theLowerY then
			alarmAlert(1)
		else
			--stops sound and reactivates systems
			stop (load sound "caralarm.aiff")
			set alarmActivated to "0"
			
		end if
	end if
end idle



on getXY(theCoords)
	set oldTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
	set text item delimiters to {"   "}
	set theX to first text item of theCoords
	set theY to second text item of theCoords
	set text item delimiters to oldTID
	return {theX, theY}
end getXY

on getSystem(theMachine)
	set oldTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
	set text item delimiters to {" "}
	set theModel to first text item of theMachine
	set text item delimiters to oldTID
	return {theModel}
end getSystem

on smsSystem(theCMD)
	set oldTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
	set text item delimiters to {" "}
	set smsState to first text item of theCMD
	set text item delimiters to oldTID
	return {smsState}
end smsSystem



--Alarm Activation Script
on alarmActivate(do)
	
	---------------Sets paths---------------------
	set thisHere to path to me
	set thisHere to POSIX path of thisHere
	--------------Sound Configs-----------------
	--Sets the sound for alarm activation
	set theArming to load sound "armx2.wav"
	--------------------------------------------------
	
	--plays the arming sound
	beep
	play theArming
	
	--runs motion cmd to find x and y axis
	do shell script thisHere & "Contents/Resources/AMSTracker"
	set theCoords to last paragraph of result
	if theCoords is not "" then
		set {theX, theY} to getXY(theCoords)
		set theUpperX to theX + 1002
		set theLowerX to theX + 998
		set theUpperY to theY + 1002
		set theLowerY to theY + 998
	end if
	
	GrowlNotify("Alarm Activated", "Alarm", "Warning : Alarm Primed")
	
	
end alarmActivate

on alarmAlert(do)
	--Play alarm sound
	play (load sound "caralarm.aiff")
	--Say
	say "Help! I am being stolen."
	beep
	--Checks if growl has already been activated
	if alarmActivated is less than 1 then
		--Set the volume to MAX
		set volume 100
		set alarmActivatedl to "1"
		GrowlNotify("Theft in progress", "Alarm", "Warning : Theft in progress")
	end if
	return
	
	
end alarmAlert

--Checks and controls growl
on GrowlNotify(myName, myTitle, myText)
	set myApp to ""
	
	tell application "System Events" to set GrowlRunning to ((application processes whose (name is equal to "GrowlHelperApp")) count)
	
	if GrowlRunning ≥ 1 then
		try
			set myApp to "GrowlHelperApp"
			
			set notifs to "{\"Alarm Activated\", \"Alarm Deactived\",\"Theft in progress\"}"
			
			tell application myApp to run script "register as application \"" & appName & "\" all notifications " & notifs & " default notifications " & notifs & " icon of application \"" & appName & "\""
			
			tell application myApp to run script "notify with name \"" & myName & "\" title \"" & myTitle & "\" application name \"" & appName & "\" description \"" & myText & "\" icon of application \"" & appName & "\""
		end try
	end if
end GrowlNotify


Yes. You would also need to get the second and third items instead (the first item will be “”).

You could also try doing it this way:

--runs motion cmd to find x and y axis
do shell script thisHere & "Contents/Resources/AMSTracker | /usr/bin/grep -o \"[0-9]\\+\""
set theCoords to paragraphs of result

if theCoords is not "" then
	set {theX, theY} to {first item of theCoords, second item of theCoords}
	set theUpperX to theX + 1002
	set theLowerX to theX + 998
	set theUpperY to theY + 1002
	set theLowerY to theY + 998
end if

excellent works perfect now thanks a heap