SCREENCAPTURE(1) BSD General Commands Manual SCREENCAPTURE(1)

NAME
     ssccrreeeennccaappttuurree - capture and manipulate clipboard contents

SYNOPSIS
     ssccrreeeennccaappttuurree [-SSWWCCTTMMPPcciimmsswwxxtt] file

DESCRIPTION
     The ssccrreeeennccaappttuurree utility is not very well documented to date.  A list of
     options follows.

     -cc      Force screen capture to go to the clipboard.

     -CC      Capture the cursor as well as the screen.  Only allowed in non-
             interactive modes.

     -ii      Capture screen interactively, by selection or window.  The con-
             trol key will cause the screen shot to go to the clipboard.  The
             space key will toggle between mouse selection and window selec-
             tion modes.  The escape key will cancel the interactive screen
             shot.

     -mm      Only capture the main monitor, undefined if -i is set.

     -MM      Open the taken picture in a new Mail message.

     -oo      In window capture mode, do not capture the shadow of the window.

     -PP      Open the taken picture in a Preview window.

     -ss      Only allow mouse selection mode.

     -SS      In window capture mode, capture the screen instead of the window.

     -tt       Image format to create, default is png (other options
             include pdf, jpg, tiff and other formats).

     -TT       Take the picture after a delay of , default is
             5.

     -ww      Only allow window selection mode.

     -WW      Start interaction in window selection mode.

     -xx      Do not play sounds.

     files   where to save the screen capture, 1 file per screen

BUGS
     Better documentation is needed for this utility.

SSEECCUURRIITTYY CCOONNSSIIDDEERRAATTIIOONNSS
     To capture screen content while logged in via ssh, you must launch
     ssccrreeeennccaappttuurree in the same mach bootstrap hierarchy as loginwindow:

     PID=pid of loginwindow
     sudo launchctl bsexec $PID ssccrreeeennccaappttuurree [options]

HISTORY     A ssccrreeeennccaappttuurree utility first appeared in Mac OS X v10.2.

Mac OS                           June 16, 2004                          Mac OS