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Created February 15, 2021 22:32
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MacOS - takes a repeated screenshot of area and clicks a location between screenshots.
#!/bin/bash
ITERATION=0
while :
do
screencapture -R 1,1,100,100 -x screenshot-$ITERATION.png
# Get the coordinates for -R using command - shift - 4. First 2 numbers when at one corner then last 2 numbers when dragging over area
ITERATION=$(($ITERATION+1))
echo "picture $ITERATION taken"
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events"
click at {1,100}
end tell'
# Use cmd-shift-4 to get exact location
sleep 1
done
# NOTE: will run forever, so don't leave sitting forever!
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