Embedding a shell script within an AppleScript

Embedding a shell script within an AppleScript

This is an extract from a Applescript I was using to call a management command in Django. It outputs some HTML into a folder on the user’s Desktop. The variables you see below—appDir and theFolder—are gathered from dialog boxes earlier in the script.

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set pythonPath to ".:~/Sites/:$PYTHONPATH"
do shell script "export PYTHONPATH=" & pythonPath & "; python " & appDir & "/manage.py build -o ~/Desktop/" & quoted form of theFolder & " --settings=settings_build"
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The helpful takeaway here is the do shell script command and the quoted form of statement which adds single quotes to user input for safer command line execution.