Encoding Backslash in AppleScript inside Bash

[odetinin]

I have a need to have this snippet in my bash workflow:

 

osascript <<EOT

set myString to "This\\ is\\ string"

return myString

EOT

 

It breaks with error:

[ERROR: alfred.workflow.action.script] Code 1: 22:23: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)

 

 

I would like the output string to look like "This\ is\ string".

[Carlos-Sz]

Try this:

osascript <<EOT
set myString to "This\\\\ is\\\\ string"
return myString
EOT

[odetinin]

It worked !!! Thanks a ton !

 

Did not realize I need to "double" escape backslashes in applescript.

[Carlos-Sz]

It worked !!! Thanks a ton !

 

Did not realize I need to "double" escape backslashes in applescript.

 

In fact, you don’t have to. I’m not sure why Bash (or Alfred?) is requiring it.

[deanishe]

It's because of the heredoc.

If you just run osascript -e 'return "This\\ is\\ a\\ string"', you only need to escape the backslashes once.