Take a screenshot
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Revision as of 09:03, 20 December 2013 by imported>ThorstenStaerk
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
xprop
- find out the ID of the window you click on. Needed e.g. for the import tool.