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Method for returning both text and button from osascript dialog
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osascriptTextandButton.bash
#!/bin/bash
results=$( /usr/bin/osascript -e "display dialog \"Text and Buttons!\" default answer \"Some text...\" buttons {\"Cancel\",\"OK\"} default button {\"OK\"}" )
theButton=$( echo "$results" | /usr/bin/awk -F "button returned:|," '{print $2}' )
theText=$( echo "$results" | /usr/bin/awk -F "text returned:" '{print $2}' )
echo $theButton
echo $theText
exit 0
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