Question about list structure
Question about list structure
- Subject: Question about list structure
- From: Kevin Walzer <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:14:31 -0500
- Organization: WordTech Software
I'm having problems getting a list correctly read in an AppleScript
program I'm writing. The script runs a shell script, writes the output
to a file, then reads the file as a list. Here is my code that reads the
file data:
set theSource to "Macintosh HD:private:tmp:findoutput"
set open_file to open for access file theSource without write permission
set theIntermediateOutput to read open_file using delimiter return
close access open_file
set theFinalOutput to theIntermediateOutput as list
This code returns the following sample output:
{"/Users/kevin/Desktop/amsn received files/avg.xls
/Users/kevin/Desktop/avg.xls
"}
This is the way the output is written to the file, with each item
returned by the originating shell script appended to the file with a
newline/return.
The problem is that I need the output to be read as a standard
AppleScript list, i.e. {"/Users/kevin/Desktop/amsn received
files/avg.xls", "/Users/kevin/Desktop/avg.xls"}. Apparently this is
currently read by AppleScript as a list with a single item.
Are there any manipulations I can do to this data (or modifications to
my code) to get it converted into the proper list structure?
--
Cheers,
Kevin Walzer, PhD
WordTech Software - "Tame the Terminal"
http://www.wordtech-software.com
sw at wordtech-software.com
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