Ah. Well, since your script's output is just plain text anyway, you could also use this method instead:
osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke $foo" That will cause the script to simulate typing the text for you, rather than copying it to the clipboard and then pasting by simulating a ⌘V. This alternate method bypasses the clipboard, but is a little more fragile, in that if you press any keys while the script is typing the text for you, the characters you press will be inserted in the midst of the characters the script is typing. On May 29, 2:02 pm, jrh <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, > > Thank you Jon! that of course did the trick. Many thanks!! The only > problem I see is that I miss the contents of the clipboard every time > the script is run but I can live with it. :-) > > Regards, > > On May 29, 6:02 pm, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bleh, stupid automatic formatting. Make sure to remove the line break > > after \"v\" in the command I posted above > > > On May 29, 11:56 am, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Instead of returning the results of the script to Quicksilver, have > > > the script paste the results. Adding this to the end of your script > > > should do the job (replacing $foo with whatever is appropriate in your > > > script, of course): > > > > printf $foo | pbcopy > > > osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"v\" > > > using command down" > > > > Note that we are using printf instead of echo because echo > > > automatically inserts a newline at the end of the text it outputs, > > > which is not what we want in this case. > > > > On May 29, 8:52 am, jrh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > Sorry if this is just too easy but I have been trying to do it with no > > > > luck... > > > > > I am trying to concatenate several commands in one trigger. What I > > > > want to do is get the selected text of the current window and send it > > > > a shell script as input. Then paste the output of the script into the > > > > current window. I can do it in the command window in several commands > > > > by getting the selected text and pass it to a script with leaves the > > > > output in the command windows and I can paste it as text. > > > > > However, is it possible to do it in one trigger?? > > > > > Regards,
