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Revision as of 06:49, 5 August 2014
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
