Using defaults to remove a dock icon...

I've been tinkering with this for a full day now and haven't really gotten out of the starting gate.
Does anybody have a working example for using 'defaults' to delete anything...
And yes I know defaults is run from a shell and this is technically not an AS related question, but it can be called from AS, so I'm asking.

Using defaults for arrays and records is pretty much a mess - is there a particular reason for not wanting to use the System Events *Property List Suite* or a scripting addition such as the Satimage XMLLib osax?
Note that the Dock preferences property list only keeps track of the applications and other items that you are keeping there (minus the FInder), and to update you will need to restart the Dock. Just dragging the item off the Dock sure seems simpler to me.

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I have been using the "defaults" command in my scripts to add an icon to a user's dock after a new application has been installed. But now, I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to remove an icon from the dock using the command line. For adding an icon, I use:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict>
<key>_CFURLString</key><string>/Applications/NewApp/Program.app
</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer>
</dict></dict></dict>'
(take out all the carriage returns and spaces. I had to put them in here for the line to show properly on the post)
This works great for adding an icon. But, I cannot seem to write something similar using "defaults delete"
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
-Steve
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi Steve,
   If it froze then the code isn't robust against problems. In this case the problem is the web. The command has four spaces in a row in two of the matches. However, the browser smashes that down into a single space. I never understood that aspect of HTML but I know about it and should have considered it. I will replace the spaces with capital Xs. If you replace the Xs with regular spaces, the command should work:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps "$( defaults read com.apple.dock persistent-apps | awk 'BEGIN{ ARRAY = "("; ELEM = "" } /^XXXX{/{ while ( $0 !~ /^XXXX}/ ) { if ( ELEM == "" ){ ELEM = $0 } else { ELEM = ELEM "\n" $0 } if ( $0 ~ "_CFURLString\"" && $0 !~ /zzzz/ ){ FOUND = "true" } getline } ELEM = ELEM "\n" $0; if ( FOUND == "true" ){ ARRAY = ARRAY "\n" ELEM }; FOUND = "false"; ELEM = "" } END{ sub( /,[^\n]*$/, "", ARRAY); print ARRAY; print }' )"
In some sense that is poor coding but in the default syntax of the "defaults" command, the only way to determine depth is by how far something is indented. It would have been far more robust to actually count the number of opening parentheses and keep track of the depth but that would have been more complex to code. If I have time, I'll look into changing that.
   I assume that the reason the command hung is that it went into an infinite loop. I've also added a carat, '^', in front of the first group of four spaces that will keep that from happening. When typed correctly the command works without it but now it will fail without going into an infinite loop.
Gary
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Thanks for the help.

Perhaps the question was too vague and that's why there has been no response. Or maybe nobody knows. Let me try to elaborate.
I run Virtualbox with a guest OS on my iMac. Unfortunately there is no way to easily remove the dock icon from the dock while the application is running. It's rather useless and a waist of space to have the icon in the dock with OSX 10.7 or 10.8. Mission Control and Command+Tab offer easy ways to switch to the desktop with the VM. So that being said I would very much like to remove the dock icon for this application but I can't seem to find any relevant information about this process on the Internet.
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Okay I'm having trouble getting rid of some of the icons that are on my dock. I tried to just drag them into the trash bin but when I let go, it just goes right back to it's spot on the dock. It's quite frustrating. Can anyone help me out. Oh and this is only my second day with a Mac so please bear with me lol.

There are multiple ways to remove a dock icon. Try right clicking on the icon and click "Remove From Dock." Does this work?

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The main reason I created a separate user account for my four-year old son was to allow him making a mess without annoying anybody. Which turned out to be a very wise decision. Even when he was a small baby he had the special gift of activating some obscure Mac OS X function I never knew existed – and of course I always had a hard time finding out how to deactivate it afterwards.
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OK, so here's what it looks like:
The icon's do not even pull off. I can activate the context menu by holding the touchpad button, but if I try to drag an icon off, the icon simply unhighlights and nothing happens.
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Sorry, I didn't realize it wouldn't remember that setting for me -- I am running Snow Leopard.
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What do you mean, "you can set it on Any iChat window"? You mean the Chax setting, or something else?
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There is a beta version of Chax for iChat 5.
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
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Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
Note: If FileVault is enabled under Mac OS X 10.7 or later, you can’t boot in safe mode.
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The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
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