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Created December 14, 2012 20:52
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A simple function to call Applescript from Ruby.
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osascript.rb
def osascript(script)
system 'osascript', *script.split(/\n/).map { |line| ['-e', line] }.flatten
end
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Usage:

osascript <<-END
  tell application "Finder"
    display dialog "Hello"
  end tell
END

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