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 ImageMagick library.

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

import -window root {{output.postscript}}

  • Capture contents of remote x server screen in the png image format:

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

  • Capture specific window with ID as displayed by xwininfo into jpg format:

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