HT2488: Mac Basics: Automator
Learn about Mac Basics: Automator
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Apr 2, 2014 2:02 PM in response to DiaKat86by rccharles,Is the name and page of the document always the same?
look at the Unix curl command.
/applications/utilities/terminal
# press return when down typing.
man curl
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Apr 2, 2014 3:52 PM in response to rccharlesby DiaKat86,the page where the document is located is always the same but the document name changes. I'm a beginner at all this and while i can get to the terminal but i dont know what:
# press return when down typing.
man curl
this indicates, or what it executes... If you could maybe further explain?
And sincerely thank you for replying.
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Apr 2, 2014 5:34 PM in response to DiaKat86by rccharles,Would you have the web address the excel sheet is on?
Is there a simular web page you could point to if not?
Would there be a copy of the file on an FTP page. This would be easier.
curl
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mac-os-x-terminal-download-file/
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/04/curl-examples/
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
# Press return to run a command.
the curl is a terminal command ( Unix ). It allows you to read a file off of the web.
man curl
provides cryptic information on the commnad curl.
press the space bar to advance a page.
press letter to q to quit.
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What you may have to is to read in the web page as a text file. Go "fishing" through the page to find the excel file you need. Once you find the file, you can use curl to read the file.
curl is a very full featured command. (read complex to figure out ).
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It is easier to diagnose problems with debug information. I suggest adding log statements to your script to see what is going on. Here is an example.
Author: rccharles
For testing, run in the Script Editor.
1) Click on the Event Log tab to see the output from the log statement
2) Click on Run
For running shell commands see:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html
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on run
-- Write a message into the event log.
log " --- Starting on " & ((current date) as string) & " --- "
-- debug lines
set desktopPath to (path to desktop) as string
log "desktopPath = " & desktopPath
set unixDesktopPath to POSIX path of desktopPath
log "unixDesktopPath = " & unixDesktopPath
set quotedUnixDesktopPath to quoted form of unixDesktopPath
log "quoted form is " & quotedUnixDesktopPath
try
set fromUnix to do shell script "ls -l " & quotedUnixDesktopPath
display dialog "ls -l of " & quotedUnixDesktopPath & return & fromUnix
on error errMsg
log "ls -l error..." & errMsg
end try
end run