maim

Screenshot utility.

• Capture a screenshot and save it to the given path:

maim {path/to/screenshot.png}

• Capture a screenshot of the selected region:

maim --select {path/to/screenshot.png}

• Capture a screenshot of the selected region and save it in the clipboard (requires `xclip`):

maim --select | xclip -selection clipboard -target image/png

• Capture a screenshot of the current active window (requires `xdotool`):

maim --window $(xdotool getactivewindow) {path/to/screenshot.png}

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