Can't enter shell scripts in Automator?

When adding the "Run Shell Script" action to a workflow in Automator, I can't actually type anything in the text box -- when I try to type something, I just get a bunch of seemingly random characters. Does anyone else see the same behaviour or is there just something funky going on with my two Macs?
I'm certain I'd be able to create a couple of services for encrypting/decrypting messages in Mail with GPG, if only I could actually type the shell script into Automator

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Can't add "Run Shell Script" in Automator

When I drag "Run Shell Script" to the right pane in Automator nothing happens. All other applications I've tried can be dragged to the right pane. In the system.log I can find the following message:
Feb 7 16:56:48 Bananaboat Automator[195]: Error : -[AMWorkflowView _addAction:Kör kommandotolksskript] : * -[NSTextView replaceCharactersInRange:withString:]: nil NSString given.
"Kör kommandotolksskript" is "Run Shell Script" in Swedish.
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Well I found the problem. Or at least I got it to work. I tried typing simple commands and scripts into the Shell Script action and had no issues with it running. So I then slowly expanded and typed out my script:
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Having typed it out in the script it runs fine. It seems you can't paste text into the action. To test this hypothesis, I copied the working script out of automator into BBedit and then back into Automator, the script no longer worked. Not sure why that is happening, but it does work if I type the scripts out.

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user12009546 wrote:
Hi,
I am new to Oracle 10g. Can I call host file ( unix shell script ) from Oracle 10g trigger ?. I know it is possible. Pl explain me with small example
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do script with command "mv \"" & input & "\"" & thePath in window 1
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Also this requires the terminal app to be open in the background.
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