// getTexture.mel
// Version 1.0
// Date: 06.02.06
// Author: Volker Heisterberg
// WhatIsThis: Another simple script to speed up your workflow!
// Usage: Select an object in maya. Running getTexture from the command line
// will select the texture of the assigned shader for your convenience.
// ToDo: Error checking still incomplete!

global proc getTexture()
{
string $selection[] = `ls -sl`;
int $count = size($selection);
print $count;
if ($count<1) error ("Nothing was selected!");
string $shapes[] = `listRelatives -s $selection[0]`;
string $sg[] = `connectionInfo -dfs ($shapes[0] + ".instObjGroups[0]")`;
string $tokens[];
tokenize $sg[0] "." $tokens;
string $shaderPlug = `connectionInfo -sfd ($tokens[0] + ".surfaceShader")`;
tokenize $shaderPlug "." $tokens;
string $shader = $tokens[0];
string $texturePlug = `connectionInfo -sfd ($shader + ".color")`;
tokenize $texturePlug "." $tokens;
string $texture = $tokens[0];
//print $texture;
select -r $texture;
}