Abstract
Although the main purpose of AppleScript is to manipulate GUI-based applications, it can also interact with other types of applications. Beneath Mac OS X’s graphical desktop lies a very different user interface—the Unix command line—and AppleScript can work with this too.
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Sanderson, H., Rosenthal, H. (2010). Interacting with the Unix Command Line. In: Learn AppleScript. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-2362-7_27
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