Write out Reminders to file on desktop

reminders.scpt

tell application "Reminders"
	set todo_accounts to every account
	-- accounts have lists. loop thru accounts to get their lists.
	repeat with i from 1 to length of todo_accounts
		tell account i
			set todo_lists to get every list
			-- lists have reminders. loop thru lists to get their reminders
			repeat with j from 1 to length of todo_lists
				tell list j
					set todos to (get reminders)
					-- if there are no reminders for a list, then ignore the list
					if length of todos is greater than 0 then
						-- Write out the name of the list
						do shell script "echo " & (quoted form of (get name)) & " >> ~/Desktop/todos.txt"
						-- loop thru the reminders to get properties
						repeat with k from 1 to length of todos
							set this_todo to item k of todos
							do shell script "echo [  ] " & (quoted form of (get name of this_todo)) & " >> ~/Desktop/todos.txt"
						end repeat
					end if
				end tell
			end repeat
		end tell
	end repeat
end tell

It still works (10.13.2) but takes several of second per entry in the Reminder list to execute!

I found a solution that is more than an order of magnitude faster but gives up writing the file from the AppleScript. It is based on the following concept

`

      tell application "Reminders"

                            set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "\n- "

			return "- " & (name of reminders in list MyList  whose completed is false) as string

	end tell

`

Packaging the above script inside an AppleScript (say MyScript) and then calling it from the command line by

$> MyScript >~/Desktop/todos.txt

works and it is very fast. Disclaimer: I am a total beginner of AppleScript (so much a beginner that I won't use it again ;-))