Retrieve the text content of the current web page from Safari

safari-text.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# prepared for Yosemite (10.10)
# osascript -l JavaScript -e "Application('Safari').documents()[0].text()"

CONTENT=$(osascript -ss << EOF
tell application "Safari"
    tell its first document
        get its text
    end tell
end tell
EOF)

# remove the first character
CONTENT="${CONTENT:1}"
# remove the last character
CONTENT="${CONTENT%?}"

echo "${CONTENT}"