REMOVE HEX

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Level 1

14 points

REMOVE HEX

There has got to be a simpler way of removing hex coeds from a local web link.
can anyone help me.

heres what i got:

[code]
set curr_link to (POSIX file "file:///Volumes/ArtServer/1%5FASI/Tim/ASI%20FILES/TIM%5F11%5F30%5F03%5FM%2DZ%2 0%2D2/S%20ARCHIVE/532842%20sharon%2Eai") as string

set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%20", " ") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%21", "!") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%22", "\"") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%23", "#") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%24", "$") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%25", "%") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%26", "&") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%27", "'") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%28", "(") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%29", ")") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%2A", "*") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%2B", "+") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%2C", ",") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%2D", "-") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%2E", ".") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%2F", "/") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%3B", ";") as string
-------set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%3C", "<"=") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%3E", ">") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%3F", "?") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%40", "@") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%5B", "[") as string
-----set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%5C, "\") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%5D", "]") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%5E", "^") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%5F", "_") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%60", "`") as string
-------set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%7D", "}") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%A1", "°") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%A2", "¢") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%A3", "£") as string
---------set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%A4", "§") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%A5", "•") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%A8", "®") as string
set curr_link to SaR(curr_link, "%A9", "©") as string

set the clipboard to curr_link
tell application "Finder" to reveal file curr_link

---------FIND CHANGE VERSION1
on SaR(sourceText, findText, replaceText)
set {atid, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, findText}
set tempText to text items of sourceText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to replaceText
set sourceText to tempText as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to atid
return sourceText
end SaR

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), my computer is fast

Posted on Aug 12, 2010 9:13 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 12, 2010 11:16 AM in response to handellphp

to "REMOVE HEX"!!!!!!!!! you need to use the code you have written. Some applications have this code written into them natively and some don't. Either way to change hex to something else you are going to need it. Basically your question should be does Finder or another built in application (yes Finder is an app) from Apple support hex, and the answer to that is I don't know. If your code works though then I'd say stick with it, save it as an exterior handle that you can call anytime you want, and you should be on your way.

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Answer 2

handellphp Author

Level 1

14 points

Aug 12, 2010 11:27 AM in response to taylor.henderson

Ok, i guess i could keep using this & make it a bit more condensed, however I was thinking that there was some sort of shell script that would do the same function. thanks for your time taylor.

How does a web browser go about using these type of links to open local content into another application even finder?

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Answer 3

red_menace

Level 6

17,066 points

Aug 12, 2010 5:35 PM in response to handellphp

Several other scripting languages such as Python and Perl have built-in routines that will decode URLs, so how about this?

<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #DAFFB6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
set curr_link to "file:///Volumes/ArtServer/1%5FASI/Tim/ASI%20FILES/TIM%5F11%5F30%5F03%5FM%2DZ%2 0%2D2/S%20ARCHIVE/532842%20sharon%2Eai"
set curr_link to decodeURL from curr_link
set the clipboard to the result
tell application "Finder" to reveal curr_link as POSIX file

to decodeURL from theTextToDecode
return do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c '" & ¬
"from sys import argv; " & ¬
"from urllib import unquote; " & ¬
"from urlparse import urlparse; " & ¬
"print unquote(urlparse(argv[1])[2])' " & quoted form of theTextToDecode
end decodeURL
</pre>

... or if you want a slightly different one-liner:

<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #DAFFB6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
tell application "Finder" to reveal (do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c 'import sys, urllib; print urllib.unquote(sys.argv[1])' " & quoted form of "file:///Volumes/ArtServer/1%5FASI/Tim/ASI%20FILES/TIM%5F11%5F30%5F03%5FM%2DZ%2 0%2D2/S%20ARCHIVE/532842%20sharon%2Eai") as POSIX file</pre>

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Answer 4

handellphp Author

Level 1

14 points

Aug 13, 2010 5:46 AM in response to red_menace

Thanks red_menace , this worked beautifully. I will use the one line version.

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