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--- action:Execute_a_Shell_Script [2018/04/13 16:48]
JMichaelTX [Path in Shell Scripts]
+++ action:Execute_a_Shell_Script [2018/08/28 07:46]
MartinPacker [Using Keyboard Maestro Variables]
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 ==== Using Keyboard Maestro Variables ====
+=== Most Languages like bash, perl, ruby ===
 In your script, use this format:  `$KMVAR_[variable_name]`
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 where //[variable‗name]// is the name of your Keyboard Maestro Variable, but with spaces in the name replaced with underscores (`‗`).
-For example:  `File Name` would be formated as `$KMVAR‗File‗Name`.
+For example:  `File Name` would be formatted as `$KMVAR‗File‗Name`.
 If your variable already has underscores, you can use it as is.
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+=== Python ===
+Accessing Keyboard Maestro Variables in Python is somewhat different.  Here is an example:
+```python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+print os.environ['KMVAR_local_DataStr'].count(os.environ['KMVAR_local_CharToCount'])
+```
+See the [[#Forum|Forum]] section below for more Python examples.
+---
 Note that you can only read these environment variables.  You cannot write to them (or more accurately, you can write to them but that will not change the Keyboard Maestro variables that they were created from).

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