blogcap.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Streamlined workflow for capturing screen shots and uploading them to my website.
# Assumption: you have keypairs set up for ssh with the target HOST

read -p"Enter filename (no extension): " NAME
HOST=jduck.net
DIRECTORY=www/files
REMOTE=${HOST}:${DIRECTORY}/${NAME}
TMPFILE=/tmp/${RANDOM}.scap

# Use in interactive mode to select the part of the screen to capture 
screencapture -ix ${TMPFILE}
scp ${TMPFILE} ${REMOTE}.png

WEBDIR=$(basename ${DIRECTORY})
echo "URL: http://${HOST}/${WEBDIR}/${NAME}.png"

rm ${TMPFILE}