Take a screenshot

From Linuxintro

To take a screenshot via command line and save it as desktop.jpg:

  • install imagemagick, e.g. for Ubuntu Linux:
apt-get install imagemagick
  • use the command import to take the screenshot:
import -window root desktop.jpg
  • to find out the ID of a window, call
xprop
and click on the window

One-key-screenshot

import -window root snapshot-$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S).jpg

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