{"id":61,"date":"2006-11-12T12:06:45","date_gmt":"2006-11-12T20:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37prime.wordpress.com\/2006\/11\/12\/mac-os-x-command-line-for-taking-screenshot\/"},"modified":"2006-11-12T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2006-11-12T20:06:45","slug":"mac-os-x-command-line-for-taking-screenshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2006\/11\/12\/mac-os-x-command-line-for-taking-screenshot\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac OS X: Command Line for Taking Screenshot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Command line for taking screenshots in Mac OS X. It even allows you to take DVD screenshot.<\/p>\n

Open the Terminal and use the “screencapture” command.<\/p>\n

The screencapture manual (man screencapture)<\/strong><\/em>:
\nSCREENCAPTURE(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BSD General Commands Manual\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SCREENCAPTURE(1)<\/p>\n

NAME
\nscreencapture — capture and manipulate clipboard contents<\/p>\n

SYNOPSIS
\nscreencapture [-SWcimswx] file<\/p>\n

DESCRIPTION
\nThe screencapture utility is not very well documented to date.\u00a0 A list of
\noptions follows.<\/p>\n

-S\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In window capture mode, capture the screen instead of the window.<\/p>\n

-W\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Start interaction in window selection mode.<\/p>\n

-c\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Force screen capture to go to the clipboard.<\/p>\n

-i\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capture screen interactively, by selection or window.\u00a0 The con-
\ntrol key will cause the screen shot to go to the clipboard.\u00a0 The
\nspace key will toggle between mouse selection and window selec-
\ntion modes.\u00a0 The escape key will cancel the interactive screen
\nshot.<\/p>\n

-m\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only capture the main monitor, undefined if -i is set.<\/p>\n

-s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only allow mouse selection mode.<\/p>\n

-w\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only allow window selection mode.<\/p>\n

-x\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do not play sounds.<\/p>\n

-C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capture the cursor as well as the screen.\u00a0 Only allowed in non-
\ninteractive modes.<\/p>\n

-t\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <format> Image format to create, default is png.<\/p>\n

file\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 where to save the screen capture<\/p>\n

BUGS
\nBetter documentation is needed for this utility.<\/p>\n

HISTORY
\nA screencapture utility first appeared in Darwin 6.0.<\/p>\n

Darwin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 16, 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Darwin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Command line for taking screenshots in Mac OS X. It even allows you to take DVD screenshot. Open the Terminal and use the “screencapture” command. The screencapture manual (man screencapture): SCREENCAPTURE(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BSD General Commands Manual\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SCREENCAPTURE(1) NAME screencapture — capture and manipulate clipboard contents SYNOPSIS screencapture [-SWcimswx] file DESCRIPTION The screencapture utility is not very … <\/p>\n

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