You could use a basic python script to parse the XML of .sla file rather than running a script from within Scribus.
E.g. 'countpages.py': import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET import sys def main(args): filename = args[1] tree = ET.parse(filename) root = tree.getroot() pages = root.findall('./DOCUMENT/PAGE') print(len(pages)) if __name__ == '__main__': main(sys.argv) Then use it with: python .\countpages.py "filename.sla" And pipe that output into whatever you want. Might be better ways, but I've been doing a lot of manipulating the .sla files directly rather than using scribus recently so it's what came to mind. Regards, Neil. On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 at 22:17, JLuc <j...@no-log.org> wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to use the page count of a document in a shell script (linux) > A python script can access that count with `scribus.pageCount()` > > How can scribus script can output this as a string, > so it's used in a shell script afterward ? > > I imagine doing it via writing the result in a text file. > Is there maybe a better way ? > > JLuc > > > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20210420/e29c5157/attachment.htm> ___ Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net Edit your options or unsubscribe: http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net