[HowTo] Dated Screenshot script

[cpedretti]

[HowTo] Dated Screenshot script

A script who make dated screenshots like this:




We’re going to install a powerful image-editing tool => imagemagick

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sudo apt-get install imagemagick -y

Let's be lazy and automate it with a small script:

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#!/bin/sh

set -e
set -u

date=`date +%d_%m_%Y-%H%M%S`
import -pause 2 /home/$USER/Images/screenshot_$date.jpg

exit 1

Edit and save it in .sh.

Then make the script executable:

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chmod +x script_path

Don't forget to creating a launcher on the desktop.

[Moonstone Man]

Don't forget to creating a launcher on the desktop.

Don't forget to describe what this is for. Reading the code, I can see what it does but others may not be able to. The title "Backdated Screenshot script" is meaningless. What is the word 'backdated' supposed to convey?

[cpedretti]

Don't forget to creating a launcher on the desktop.

Don't forget to describe what this is for. Reading the code, I can see what it does but others may not be able to. The title "Backdated Screenshot script" is meaningless. What is the word 'backdated' supposed to convey?

Thanks for your reply, i add a description of my script.

It is an dated script and show the output:

[Moonstone Man]

Thanks for your reply, i add a description of my script.

It is an dated script and show the output:

Now it will make sense to newcomers

[cpedretti]

I updated my script above, i added the $USER variable to facilitate the information of the current user, this better script can be now used by any Linux Mint User