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Combining AppleScript variables and UNIX shell scripts
Authored by: trekan on Aug 07, '03 10:38:37AM
Instead of

set thevariable to "bob.txt"
do shell script "ls ~/ >>~/Desktop/thevariable"


You should have done:

set thevariable to "bob.txt"
do shell script "ls ~/ >>~/Desktop/" & thevariable


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