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Get A Screenshot

04.07.2005

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screencapture -S /tmp/screengrab.pdf ; sips -s format png /tmp/screengrab.pdf --out /tmp/screengrab.png; open /tmp/screengrab.png

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Snippets Manager replied on Wed, 2006/08/16 - 11:06am

You can indeed choose different formats to save to automatically.


# Whole screen saved to png
screencapture -S -t png /tmp/screenshot.png

# Whole screen saved to png and then opened in Preview
screencapture -S -t png -P /tmp/screenshot.png
# Or if you have something else set to open PNG's by default and want to use that:
screencapture -S -t png /tmp/screenshot.png && open /tmp/screenshot.png

Check out `man screencapture` for other options.

Snippets Manager replied on Mon, 2012/05/07 - 2:11pm

It's not code, but don't forget.. Cmd+Shift+4 is a built-in method of taking PNG screenshots in Tiger. As is Cmd+Shift+3. 'screencapture' can also capture to different formats, not just PDF.. I think it may even go straight to PNG if you choose to.