tldr/pages/common/import.md

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import

Capture some or all of an X server screen, and save the image to a file. Part of the ImageMagick library. More information: https://imagemagick.org/script/import.php.

  • Capture the entire X server screen in the PostScript image format:

import -window root {{output.postscript}}

  • Capture contents of a remote X server screen in the PNG format:

import -window root -display {{remote_host}}:{{screen}}.{{display}} {{output.png}}

  • Capture a specific window, given its ID as displayed by xwininfo, into the JPEG format:

import -window {{window_id}} {{output.jpg}}