import

Capture some or all of an X server screen, and save the image to a file.

Part of the ImageMagick library.

• 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}

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