SOLVEd: Run applescript on matched file(s)

[PStehr]

I have an applescript that works fine with an absolute path to the file that needs to be processed, but I need this script to run on matched files as an embedded applescript within Hazel.

The static/standalone script is:

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try
   set the clipboard to (read file "Users:username:folder:links.txt")
end try

I need to get this to work so that it replaces "Users:username:folder:links.txt" with the correct path to the file(s) matched by Hazel. I have tried to replace the absolute path with theFile and a multitude of other things that I thought noobyishly thought may work , but didn't.

I've searched the board (and other resources), but do not seem to be able to get this to work.

Any help would be appreciated.

[PStehr]

Solved by doing

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set fileContents to read theFile

set the clipboard to fileContents

Apparently I posted the question prematurely. Next time I'll be sure to search longer than 4 hours on the net for a solution.