I fiddled with this a bit. It seems the qs command chokes on package
files that are piped to it. Oddly, those same package files are
handled perfectly when given as arguments instead of being piped to
the command. So I whipped up an Applescript to do the job
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text inputString
set foundfiles to do shell script "mdfind " & inputString
--The following is all one line
set foundfiles to "\"" & my findReplace(return, "\"" & space &
"\"",
foundfiles) & "\""
--
do shell script "qs " & foundfiles
end process text
end using terms from
on findReplace(findText, replaceText, sourceText)
set ASTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to findText
set sourceText to text items of sourceText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to replaceText
set sourceText to sourceText as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ASTID
return sourceText
end findReplace
On Oct 29, 11:43 pm, Chris Cairns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i did not post the error that i got earlier because i thought you
> would be able to reproduce it and also the error did no seem to make
> sense.
> this is the error when i run the script from Applescript or when i run
> mdfind r | qs directly from terminal
>
> 2008-10-30 09:09:46.059 qs[618:10b] *** Terminating app due to
> uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '[NOTE: this
> exception originated in the server.]
> *** -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value
> (key: NSStringPboardType)'
> 2008-10-30 09:09:46.081 qs[618:10b] Stack: (
> 2418475627,
> 2528878747,
> 2418474385,
> 2457741414,
> 2457739273,
> 2418498250,
> 2418498354,
> 11601,
> 10958,
> 10741
> )
> sh: line 1: 617 Done mdfind r
> 618 Trace/BPT trap | qs
