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For use with TextExpander. Get contents of selected file, copy and paste. I have it set with ",,pbpaste" in TextExpander.
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paste-selected-file.applescript
tell application "Finder"
set sel to the selection as text
set fPath to quoted form of POSIX path of sel
do shell script ("cat " & fPath & " | pbcopy && pbpaste")
end tell
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