Shell Command To Applescript

Question

Hello, I'm making an Automator-Applescript app that copies icons from files and folders to other files and folders of one's choosing and it's coming along nicely with one exception-copying pictures. As you know, when you get info on a picture, it's icon appears on the top left of the info window. Some pictures have a generic icon and others have an icon of the picture. So, in order for this app to work properly using a picture, the picture must have an icon of the picture and not the generic icon. I have a shell script that will give a picture the desired icon but I was wondering if I can convert the shell script to an Applescript or if there's an Applescript that will achieve this. According to the Automator app the shell is /bin/bash, the pass input:as arguements, and the script is sips -i "$@" Thanks!
eMac G4   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply. I tried the script and received-Warning: i not a valid file - skipping
Error 4: no file was specified
Try 'sips --help' for help using this tool.
Actually, what I'm trying to do is to add this shell command to an Applescript. Here's the Applescript- on run {}
set theSourceObject to my DetermineLocationOfObject("source")
set theTargetObject to my DetermineLocationOfObject("target")
my ApplyCustomIcon(theSourceObject, theTargetObject)
end run
to DetermineLocationOfObject(ObjectType)
display dialog "Is the " & ObjectType & " object going to be a file or a folder?" buttons {"File", "Folder"} default button 2
if button returned of the result is equal to "File" then
set theObject to choose file with prompt "Please locate the " & ObjectType & " file."
else
set theObject to choose folder with prompt "Please locate the " & ObjectType & " folder."
end if
return theObject
end DetermineLocationOfObject
to ApplyCustomIcon(SourceObject, TargetObject)
my HandleInfoWindow("source", SourceObject)
my HandleInfoWindow("target", TargetObject)
end ApplyCustomIcon
to HandleInfoWindow(ObjectType, theObject)
tell application "Finder"
activate
set InfoWindow to name of (open information window of item theObject)
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Finder"
tell window InfoWindow
keystroke tab
if ObjectType is equal to "source" then
keystroke "c" using command down
else
keystroke "v" using command down
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
tell application "Finder"
close window InfoWindow
end tell
end HandleInfoWindow
As you can see this is a good script for copying and pasting icons but when you choose a picture with a generic icon it will copy the generic icon. So, I was hoping to add this shell command to create the desired icon for the picture before the copying and pasting event. Thanks again.
eMac G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)