Take a screenshot

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Revision as of 06:49, 5 August 2014 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
  • to find out the ID of a window, call
xprop
and click on the window