Shell script that records and saves a quicktime audio file.

record.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# usage: 
#   record.sh SECS FILE
#
# e.g.:
#   record.sh 10 ~/Documents/Trials/08/audio

record() {

  result=`osascript -e \
    'tell application "QuickTime Player"
        activate
        close every window saving no
        set audioRecording to (new audio recording)
        tell audioRecording
            start
            delay '$1'
            stop
        end tell
        save
        close every window saving no
    end tell'`

  echo $result

}

SECS=$1
FILE="./$2.mov"

record $SECS
mv ~/Movies/Audio*Recording.mov $FILE