How to prevent AppleScript from adding .0 to the end of a number

Add a .txt extension to the file you're saving to. If counter is the folder, do this:

set theFile to "z:Users:zachphillips:Dev:AppleScripts:counter:save.txt"

Assuming that you have a valid path, this should fix the problem. Otherwise, you're trying to save to a folder.

AppleScript embedded in a shell script is often messy, hard to read, and hard to quote properly.

I get around that by using this sort of construct.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

read -r -d '' applescriptCode <<'EOF'
   set dialogText to text returned of (display dialog "Query?" default answer "")
   return dialogText
EOF

dialogText=$(osascript -e "$applescriptCode");

echo $dialogText;

-ccs