Export Stickies as text on Mac OS X

export_stickies.sh

# credit: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/59525/export-all-stickies-at-once-on-os-x-10-8

osascript <<'APPLESCRIPT'

set theName to ""
set i to 0
set n to {}
set L to {}

# prompt for output dir
set destFldr to (choose folder with prompt "Choose a destination folder:") as text
# hardcode output dir
#set destFldr to "/path/to/export/to/" as text
set mydestFldr to POSIX path of destFldr

tell application "Stickies"
    activate
    tell application "System Events"
        tell application process "Stickies"
            set L to name of every window
            try
                repeat with awindow in L
                    set m to value of text area 1 of scroll area 1 of window awindow
                    set i to i + 1
                    set theName to "stickies" & "_" & i & ".txt" as string
                    set theFile to mydestFldr & theName
                    do shell script "/bin/echo " & quoted form of m & " > " & quoted form of theFile
                end repeat
            end try
        end tell
    end tell
    # display dialog "done"
    tell application "Finder"
        activate
        open destFldr
    end tell
end tell
APPLESCRIPT