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browse for a file and read the contents into a dialog
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read-file-contents.applescript
-- only read files with MD extension
set myFile to (POSIX path of (choose file with prompt "Select a file to read:" of type {"MD"}))
-- pipe the content into cat and then apply the result to theContent
set theContent to (do shell script "cat " & myFile) of result
display dialog theContent
-- close the file
close access myFile
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