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The Shortcuts app can be run from the CLI:

shortcuts run 'Extract Image Text' -i /Users/rich/Desktop/alpha.png -o /Users/rich/Desktop/imagetext.txt

However, the structure of the actual Shortcut is confusing. I want to run the script and copy the sniffed text into the clipboard for further processing. I don't know what instructions I need to get this done.

Right now I have Extract text from File and Copy Text from Image to clipboard however this doesn't seem to work, given the structure above:

shortcuts run 'Extract Image Text' -i /Users/rich/Desktop/alpha.png

Does anybody know how I have to structure this for it to grab the text?

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This works for me. The initial box was supplied by the app itself. I've ticked "Use as Quick Action", but it works on the CLI as well.

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  • OK, interesting. I had to start again, as the actions change scope depending on what is currently in the workflow. So I had to delete some actions and re-choose them in order for them to work.
    – Rich_F
    Commented Apr 22, 2022 at 16:08

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