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passing osascript variables to shell scripts
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osa-to-shell.sh
# documenting because it took a while to figure out
function dialogbox () {
osascript <<EOT
tell application "Finder"
activate
set nameentry to text returned of (display dialog "Hello, what is your name?" default answer "")
end tell
EOT
}
yourname=$(dialogbox)
echo "the name that was entered was "$yourname""
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