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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting SED command works in terminal, but not Applescript Post 302604333 by Phillip Acosta on Sunday 4th of March 2012 01:13:51 PM
Old 03-04-2012
Question SED command works in terminal, but not Applescript
The following command works perfectly in Terminal, but not in Applescript. (Returns "unknown token" error for square brackets.)
(new to site. sorry.)
I have an Applescript that is designed to find and remove any square-bracketed text, including the square brackets.
I ran the following code from Terminal and it does exactly what I want it to do.
However, when I attempt to use this code inside an Applescript, it errors at the square brackets.
I am looking for syntax that will resolve this.

Code:
$ sed 's/\[.*\]//' File1.xml  > File1.xml.tmp

Last edited by Phillip Acosta; 03-05-2012 at 04:41 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
 

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NAME

       pnmpsnr - compute the difference between two images (the PSNR)

SYNOPSIS

       pnmpsnr [pnmfile1] [pnmfile2]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads  two  PBM,  PGM, or PPM files, or PAM equivalents, as input.  Prints the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) difference between the two
       images.	This metric is typically used in image compression papers to rate the distortion between original and decoded image.

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       The  PSNR  of  a  given component is the ratio of the mean square difference of the component for the two images to the maximum mean square
       difference that can exist betwee any two images.  It is expressed as a decibel value.

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       The maximum mean square difference is identically 1.

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