#!/bin/bash # A simple wrapper around maim # # When run, the screenshot will be added to the clipboard # The file path will be put in the primary selection # Will create notification containing file path # # If you have a project specified, it will put the sceenshot in that folder instead of /tmp # # Relies on maim for taking screenshot # If you give it the -o flag for ocr, it needs tesseract path='/tmp' command -v maim > /dev/null && screenshooter="maim" || ( echo -n "You need to install maim\nhttps://github.com/naelstrof/maim" && exit 1 ) ocr="false" #If a project is set we will put screenshots in the project's folder command -v project > /dev/null && project=$(project current --path) if [ -n "$project" ]; then path="$project/screenshots" #Make the directory if it doesn't exist mkdir "$path" 2> /dev/null fi filename="$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ").png" file="${path}/${filename}" [ "$1" = "-w" ] && sleep "$2" && shift && shift [ "$1" = "-o" ] && ocr="true" && shift case $1 in "window") maim -i $(xdotool getactivewindow) "$file" ;; "select") #maim -s -r crosshair "$file" maim -s -c 0.41,0.62,0.42,0.2 -l -u "$file" ;; *) maim "$file" ;; esac if [ -f "$file" ]; then if [ "$ocr" == "true" ]; then # Input and output files look the same because tesseract adds .txt to whatever we give as the output file tesseract "$file" "$file" LINES=$(wc -l < "${file}.txt") if [ "$LINES" -eq 0 ]; then notify-send "ocr" "no text was detected\nimage file at $file" exit 1 fi cat "${file}.txt" | xclip -selection clipboard echo -n "${file}.txt" | xclip -selection primary else # Copies the image to your clipboard (ctrl + v) xclip -selection clipboard -target image/png -i "$file" # Copies the filename to primary selection (shift + insert or middle mouse) echo -n "$file" | xclip -selection primary # Creates notification with file name notify-send "New Screenshot" "$file" fi fi