%SystemClipboard% on applescript

Questions & Suggestions
1

%SystemClipboard% means clipboard on KM，it’s very useful. how to express same function ：%SystemClipboard% in applescript ？ Thank you.

2

https://help.apple.com/applescript/mac/10.9/#apscrpt1174

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For example：in this applescript ，I want here the path is the system clipboard's content, how to do that?

4

set thePath to get the clipboard works.

I googled for 'applescript assign text to variable' and used @ComplexPoint link.

5

Just to be clear (your statement runs onto the "works" comment), and you don't need "get":

set thePath to the clipboard

@som, if you wish to set the clipboard, it is as simple as this:

set thePath to "/Users/UserName/Library/"
set the clipboard to thePath
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Many thanks，It's work！

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Hey @som,

You can pare that down to:

set thePath to the clipboard -- Input --> on the clipboard is a POSIX Path.

tell application "Finder"
   activate
   set target of front window to (POSIX file thePath)
end tell

But I would normally write it this way for easier debugging:

set thePath to the clipboard -- Input --> on the clipboard is a POSIX Path.

set theAlias to alias POSIX file thePath --> Easier to debug.

tell application "Finder"
   activate
   set target of front window to theAlias
end tell

** In this case the Finder will handle a Posix File without issue, but I generally prefer to feed the Finder aliases due to occasional hiccoughs with other file formats.

For maximum tersification you can do this:

tell application "Finder"
   activate
   set target of front window to (POSIX file (get the clipboard))
end tell

-Chris