Help with basic Terminal Workflow

[AlfredNewGuy]

Unfortunately the only way to take a screenshot of a program that I use is to manually paste in "screencapture -is ~/Desktop/*filenamehere.png*" onto terminal. Which is a hassle because I would need to pull up terminal, paste it, and type in the name of the file everytime I wanted to take a screenshot. And I take tons of screenshots. 

 

Ive tried making a simple terminal workflow that is hotkeyed. It kind of works but the problems are that

 

1. It opens up a new terminal window every single time I use the workflow.
2. I can only save the file as a specific file name.

 

How would I go making a work flow that:

• opens terminal
• pastes "screencapture -is ~/Desktop/" into terminal
• prompts me enter the file name of my choice
• allows me choose the area to be screenshotted
• screenshot the area
• closes terminal

 

Thanks for your time

[vitor]

21 minutes ago, AlfredNewGuy said:

Unfortunately the only way to take a screenshot of a program that I use is to manually paste in "screencapture -is ~/Desktop/*filenamehere.png*" onto terminal.

 

Why? What is it about that program that makes it impossible to use other methods?

You don’t need to open and close a Terminal. A Run Script node is more appropriate.

Download this workflow. Press the hotkey and it’ll ask you for a name. A png with that name will be saved to your Desktop.

Edited February 24, 2017 by vitor

[Vero]

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Thanks,

Vero