A shell script to share desktop screenshots using Dropbox

screen-share

#!/bin/bash

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# Automatic screenshot sharing integrated with Dropbox
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# Requirements: 
# dropbox
# gnome-screenshot
# xclip
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# Adapted from:
# https://gist.github.com/Saicheg/4231551
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DIR_NAME=Screenshots # Name of directory folder in Dropbox (Default: ~/Dropbox/Public/Screenshots)
IMG_FORMAT=png # Screenshot file format (Default: png)
PERSIST_TIME=5 # Lifetime of screenshot (in minutes) (Default: 5)

TSTAMP=`date +%s`
DIR_PATH=~/Dropbox/Public/$DIR_NAME
IMG_PATH=$DIR_PATH/$TSTAMP.$IMG_FORMAT

gnome-screenshot -a -f $IMG_PATH
dropbox puburl $IMG_PATH | xclip -selection c

find $DIR_PATH -name "*.$IMG_FORMAT" -type f -mmin +$PERSIST_TIME -exec rm -f {} \; > /dev/null & # Removes old screenshots