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 Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Open Book Store
Opens the Books app to the Book Store tab where you find and buy books.
Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
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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