macOS shell script for Automator QuickAction: send Twitter $ search terms to Google search

twitter2google.sh

# Twitter to Google search
# 0.1

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:"$HOME"/.local/bin:"$HOME"/.local/sbin

_beep () {
	osascript -e 'beep' -e 'delay 0.5' &>/dev/null
}

if ! [[ $* ]] ; then
	textinput=$(pbpaste)
else
	textinput="$*"
fi

searchstrings=$(echo "$textinput" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep "^\\$")

if ! [[ $searchstrings ]] ; then
	echo "ERROR: no \$ search strings detected!" >&2
	_beep
	exit
else
	if [[ $(echo "$searchstrings" | wc -l) -eq 1 ]] ; then
		echo -e "Detected \$ search string:\n$searchstrings\nSending to Google search..."
		open "https://www.google.com/search?q=$searchstrings&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" 2>/dev/null
		exit
	fi
	searchstrings=$(echo "$searchstrings" | sort | awk '!a[$0]++')
	echo -e "Detected \$ search strings:\n$searchstrings"
	searchstrings=$(echo -e "Search for all…\n$searchstrings")
fi

echo "Asking user for selection..."
searchchoices=$(osascript 2>/dev/null << EOS
tell application "System Events"
	activate
	set theList to {}
	set theItems to paragraphs of "$searchstrings"
	repeat with anItem in theItems
		set theList to theList & {(anItem) as string}
	end repeat
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return & linefeed
	set theResult to choose from list theList with prompt "Select your search(es)." with title "Twitter to Google Search" OK button name "Select" cancel button name "Cancel" with multiple selections allowed
	return the result as string
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
end tell
theResult
EOS
)

if ! [[ $searchchoices ]] || [[ $searchchoices == "false" ]] ; then
	echo "User canceled"
	_beep
	exit
fi

if echo "$searchchoices" | grep "Search for all" &>/dev/null ; then
	searchchoices=$(echo "$searchstrings" | grep -v "Search for all")
	echo -e "User selected to search for all strings:\n$searchchoices"
else
	echo -e "User selected to search for:\n$searchchoices"
fi

while read -r searchchoice
do
	echo "Sending to Google search: $searchchoice"
	open "https://www.google.com/search?q=$searchchoice&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" 2>/dev/null
	sleep .1
done < <(echo "$searchchoices")