How to pass multiple variables from AppleScript to Shell Script?

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I use Automator to do the following:

  1. Ask the user to select a folder (as a service action)
  2. Ask the user to choose a name from a list (AppleScript choose from list ...)
  3. Pass the chosen folder and chosen name to shell-script

I understand how to pass the folder selected in step 1 to step 2. But I don't understand how to pass these two variables between steps 2 and 3 (I can only pass one). I try return {answer, input}at step 2. But the shell-script fails with an error -[__NSArrayM fileSystemRepresentation]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x600000654b80.

Wadian

For example, when passing an argument list to a shell script action

return {"/Applications", "com.apple.application-bundle"}
  • $@Represents a flattened list joined by spaces ->"/Applications com.apple.application-bundle"
  • $1represents the first parameter ->"/Applications"

  • $2represents the second parameter ->"com.apple.application-bundle"

    etc...

The shell script looks like

mdfind -onlyin $1 "kMDItemContentType == $2"

Note: Make sure to pass arguments as arguments , not to stdin in shell script actions .

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