Screenshot in Linux

#!/bin/bash

# Bind this to a hotkey in your window manager.  This will allow you to select
# a rectangle on your screen to store as a PNG file and then puts the path to
# that PNG file into your clipboard.  It assumes you want to store the file in
# ~/Pictures/Screenshots, but you can change that yourself in the FILENAME var.

# Requires:
# - imagemagick (provides /usr/bin/import)
# - xclip (provides /usr/bin/xclip)

if [ ! -x /usr/bin/xclip -o ! -x /usr/bin/import ]; then
	echo "ABORTED.  Requires both xclip and imagemagick." >&2
	echo "The following command will be useful." >&2
	echo "apt-get install xclip imagemagick" >&2
	exit 1
fi

FILENAME="$HOME/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).png"
mkdir -p "$(dirname $(readlink -m $FILENAME))"
/usr/bin/import "$FILENAME"
echo -n "$FILENAME" | /usr/bin/xclip -selection c