-- Returns the POSIX paths of every file URL currently on the macOS -- pasteboard, one path per line. `pbpaste(1)` only surfaces plain text, -- EPS, or RTF, so a Finder Cmd+C (which puts only a `public.file-url` -- representation on the pasteboard) makes `pbpaste` empty. The -- `«class furl»` coercion reaches the file-URL representation directly and -- works for both single-file and multi-file selections. -- -- The coercion is guarded by `clipboard info for «class furl»`: AppleScript -- happily coerces plain *text* into a file URL by treating it as an HFS -- path, so an unguarded cast turns a copied `https://i.can.ac/x.png` string -- into the mangled `/https/::i.can.ac:x.png` (HFS `:`↔`/` swap) and the -- paste dead-ends with "Image not found" instead of falling back to pasting -- the text. `clipboard info for` inspects the actual pasteboard types, so -- it is `{}` unless a real `public.file-url` representation is present. -- -- The `try` blocks suppress the `-1700` "can't make … into type" error -- AppleScript raises when the clipboard holds no file URLs, so the script's -- exit status only reflects `osascript` itself. on run set output to "" try if (clipboard info for «class furl») is {} then return output set theClip to the clipboard as «class furl» if class of theClip is list then repeat with anItem in theClip try set output to output & POSIX path of anItem & linefeed end try end repeat else try set output to POSIX path of theClip & linefeed end try end if end try return output end run