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TextExpander: Clipboard to Titlecase
#!/bin/bash
echo -n "%snippet:xxxxtitle%" | tr -d '\n'
// https://github.com/gouch/to-title-case/blob/master/to-title-case.js
String.prototype.toTitleCase = function(){
var smallWords = /^(a|an|and|as|at|but|by|en|for|if|in|nor|of|on|or|per|the|to|vs?\.?|via)$/i;
return this.replace(/[A-Za-z0-9\u00C0-\u00FF]+[^\s-]*/g, function(match, index, title){
if (index > 0 && index + match.length !== title.length &&
match.search(smallWords) > -1 && title.charAt(index - 2) !== ":" &&
(title.charAt(index + match.length) !== '-' || title.charAt(index - 1) === '-') &&
title.charAt(index - 1).search(/[^\s-]/) < 0) {
return match.toLowerCase();
}
if (match.substr(1).search(/[A-Z]|\../) > -1) {
return match;
}
return match.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + match.substr(1);
});
};
var app = Application.currentApplication();
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;
clipboard = app.theClipboard().toTitleCase();
clipboard
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