macOS Applescript: List/txt.file question

[h1068]

Can I set the_user_list to read a text file of users separated by commas?

set the_user to do shell script "logname"
set the_user_list to 
if the_user is in the_user_list then

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Absolutely you can!

Assuming you know where the text file with the list of users in it is located, this little helper function will allow you to format the returned raw data into an AppleScript list:

on text_to_list(txt, delim)
	set saveD to AppleScript's text item delimiters
	try
		set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {delim}
		set theList to every text item of txt
	on error errStr number errNum
		set AppleScript's text item delimiters to saveD
		error errStr number errNum
	end try
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to saveD
	return (theList)
end text_to_list

To use this:

set the_user_list to my text_to_list(text_var, ",")

 

[kryten2]

Try this :

set theFile to POSIX file "/Users/test/testtxt.txt"
set theUserList to words of (read theFile)

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Try this :

set theFile to POSIX file "/Users/test/testtxt.txt"
set theUserList to words of (read theFile)

Wow. I did not know you could do that in AppleScript with "words of". Learn something new every day.

 

[h1068]

Thank you, you just saved me from posting 500 users into my applescript!

 

[kryten2]

@wrldwzrd89

Your handler is more robust if the usernames contain spaces. But that can be solved by putting every username on a new line in the txtfile and using this :

set theUserList to paragraphs of (read theFile)