macos_screen_shot_script.sh

macos_screen_shot_script.sh

#!/bin/bash

randomScreenShotName="$RANDOM.png"
screenShotPath="/tmp/$randomScreenShotName"
screencapture $screenShotPath

screenShotDir="$HOME/screenshots/$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")"

if ! [ -d $screenShotDir ]; then
  mkdir -p $screenShotDir
fi

takeScreenShotButton="Take ScreenShot"
takeScreenShotAndOpenPreviewButton="Take ScreenShot And Open Preview"

osaScript="osascript -e 'display dialog \"Enter name for screenshot:\" default answer \"\" buttons {\"$takeScreenShotButton\", \"$takeScreenShotAndOpenPreviewButton\"} default button 2'"

name=$(eval $osaScript)



screenshotName=$(echo $name | cut -d ":" -f 3 | xargs)
buttonName=$(echo $name | cut -d ":" -f 2 | cut -d "," -f 1 | xargs)

timestamp="$(date +"%T.%S")";

if [ -z "$screenshotName" ]
then
    screenshotName="$timestamp-$RANDOM.png"
else 
    screenshotName="$screenshotName-$timestamp.png"
fi

mv $screenShotPath "$screenShotDir/$screenshotName"

if [ "$buttonName" = "$takeScreenShotButton" ]
then
    exit 0
fi

open -n -a Preview "$screenShotDir/$screenshotName"