Sounds

What a blockhead

Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.

Scripting Actions

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Files, Scripting

Base64 Encode

Encodes or decodes text or files using Base64 encoding.

Device, Scripting

Play Sound

Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=What%20a%20blockhead

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=What%20a%20blockhead

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “What a blockhead” end tell

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