Grab Text: A Screenshot to Clipboard Shell Script

This POSIX shell script triggers a screenshot tool to select an area, OCRs the content, and finally, copies the result to the clipboard.

Dependencies

Tesseract OCR is a must-have without alternatives.

Supported Screenshot tools:

• Make Image (maim)
• SCReenshOT (scrot)
• GNOME Screenshot (gnome-screenshot)
• Shutter (shutter)
• XFCE4 screenshooter

Supported Clipboard tools:

• xsel
• xclip

Optional tools:

• Imagemagick (mogrify) for optimizing the screenshot before OCR
• libnotify (notify-send) for status notifications

Installation

Download the script to any location in $PATH and chmod +x

With curl:

curl -L -o "$HOME/.local/bin/grab-text" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benweidig/grab-text/main/grab-text
chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/grab-text"

With wget:

wget -O "$HOME/.local/bin/grab-text" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benweidig/grab-text/main/grab-text
chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/grab-text"

License

MIT. See LICENSE