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# 8  
Old 09-14-2015
Unfortunately I have a mac at home... but since I work on true unix boxes even at home I use ksh and standard scripts with my mac... You will have to wait I leave work to see what you mean by trying to test on my macbook...
# 9  
Old 09-14-2015
I tried this and it does not work either.

set the_AVSheet to do shell script "find -AFRICA2 /volumes/DW/700Club/AVSHEET/WorldReach now CBN International/AFRICA/"

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this works:

set the_AVSheet to do shell script "find '/volumes/DW/700Club/AVSHEET/WorldReach now CBN International/AFRICA' -type f -name '*Burkina*'"

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anything I do to replace Burkina with the variable text_returned does not return any kind of information.
# 10  
Old 09-14-2015
what's 'text_returned'? What's its value? And you incorporate into the 'find' script?
# 11  
Old 09-14-2015
when the user runs the script, a dialog box opens so you can input the 1st part of the filename. i.e. AFRICA123. Its a variable. The path to the folder is pre-determined, you just have to find the AFRICA123 file.

the code below shows the folder path and then the 1st word of the filename for which you are searching.

set the_AVSheet to do shell script "find '/volumes/macintosh HD/Users/shawn/Desktop/Worldreach/AFRICA/' -type f -name & text_returned & " *"
# 12  
Old 09-14-2015
I'm afraid I cannot help with the Applescript - hopefully vbe will be back on this thread.
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