A thin wrapper around gnome-screenshot that allows to open the created screenshot in a given application

screenwrap-open.sh

#!/bin/bash
# MIT License
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# screenwrap-open.sh
# Copyright (c) 2016 Philipp Nowak
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if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
  echo "screenwrap-open <save-basedir> <application> [options for backend]"
  echo "  e.g.: screenwrap-open /tmp/ viewnior -a"
  echo "    opens new area screenshot in Viewnior, saved in /tmp with datetime"
  echo "  see gnome-screenshot --help for available options."
  exit 1
fi

BASE_PATH="${1%/}" # strip trailing slashes
DATED_DIR="$(date +%Y/%m)"
DIR_PATH="$BASE_PATH""/""$DATED_DIR"
OPEN_APP="$2"
FILE_PATH="$DIR_PATH""/""$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%m:%S.png)"

mkdir -p "$DIR_PATH"
gnome-screenshot -f "$FILE_PATH" "${@:3}"

if [[ -f $FILE_PATH ]]; then
  "$OPEN_APP" "$FILE_PATH"
else
  echo "screenwrap-open: gnome-screenshot did not create the file."
  echo "  Did you abort the operation?"
  echo "  File: $FILE_PATH"
  exit 2
fi