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Re: Setting contents of a large file to a variable.

Subject: Re: Setting contents of a large file to a variable.
From: Rob Stott <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:36:03 +0000


On 25 Nov 2004, at 8:26 am, Andrew Oliver wrote:

The easiest change to your existing script would be to process the file in chunks.

Andrew's method works and is the way most folks get round this in AppleScript. Depending on what you want to do, it may also be worth your while investigating how to use 'do shell script' to manipulate a text file (read up on Unix commands, cat, grep, tr and sed).

Not sure which of these (applescript/shell) is TECHNICALLY the best way of doing it, but personally I find working with 'do shell script' a lot easier.

Just my two-penneth!

r.

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