How to make a screenshot?

Stijn Hoop stijn at win.tue.nl
Fri Jun 4 12:41:31 PDT 2004


On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 01:22:27PM -0400, JJB wrote:
> DO any of the suggestions made so for work from the command line or
> do they all just run under x?

If in X but you want a command line, install ImageMagick and use

$ convert X: screenshot.jpg

then point to the window you want a screenshot of. There's probably a
'window id' option if you want to fully automate this.

--Stijn

-- 
I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence.  There's a knob
called `brightness', but it doesn't work."
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