#!/bin/bash
#(read l;read l;/usr/bin/osascript)<"$0";exit $?
/usr/bin/osascript -s s <<EOF

set fileInfo to do shell script "cd ~; ls"
return fileInfo


tell application "Finder"
    if folder "Applications" of startup disk exists then
        return count files in folder "Applications" of startup disk
    else
        return 0
    end if
end tell


EOF
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