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Created February 15, 2019 21:59
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[Filepath from Preview Mac App] #pdf #preview #applescript #filepath
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preview_filepath.applescript
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Preview"
set thefile to value of attribute "AXDocument" of window 1
end tell
end tell
-- macos comes with php installed you can decode this file name using php
return do shell script "php -r 'echo urldecode(\"" & thefile & "\");'"
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