If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Clean up book quote
Takes highlighted text shared from Books and scrapes out the extra metadata.
Actions
Match Text
Searches text passed into the action for matches to a regular expression.
Get Group from Matched Text
Gets the text that matched a particular capture group or all of the capture groups from the output of a Match Text action.
Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.
Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
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Open my books
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Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Clean%20up%20book%20quote
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Clean%20up%20book%20quote
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Clean up book quote”
end tell
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