escape-string-applescript
Escape a string for use in AppleScript
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escape-string-applescript
Escape a string for use in AppleScript
According to the AppleScript docs, \ and " have special meaning and should be escaped.
Install
$ npm install escape-string-applescript
Usage
import {execFile} from 'child_process';
import escapeStringAppleScript from 'escape-string-applescript';
const string = escapeStringAppleScript('"i like unicorns"');
//=> '\"i like unicorns\"'
const script = `set unicornMessage to "${string}"`;
execFile('osascript', ['-e', script]);
Related
- run-applescript - Run AppleScript and get the result
Current Tags
- 3.0.0 ... latest (5 years ago)