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DISPLAY=":0.0" import -window root screenshot.png
2010-02-17 13:02:24
User: walterl
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Remote screenshot

The `export` is unnecessary if it's only applicable to the one command.

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DISPLAY=:0.0 import -window root /tmp/shot.png
2010-10-28 12:00:00
User: depesz
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Take screenshot through SSH

Of course it requires import command, from imagemagick tools, but it's simpler to type, and imagemagick is usefull anyway.

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ssh user@remote-host "DISPLAY=:0.0 import -window root -format png -"|display -format png -
2011-04-08 01:07:41
User: splante
Functions: ssh
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Remote screenshot

Admittedly, I'd never have thought of this without the earlier examples, but here's one that you can execute from your workstation to just display the image from another, without separately doing a file transfer, etc. By the way, I hear a loud beep coming from the other room, so I guess it's not too stealthy :-D

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DISPLAY=":0.0"; export DISPLAY; import -window root gotya.png
2010-02-17 09:13:54
User: Abiden
Functions: export
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Say if you're logged into a remote system via ssh and this system has an x window system, but yet you still want a screen shot of what's going on graphically. This will do it for you. :-)

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export DISPLAY=":0.0" && import -window root screenshot.png
2010-02-17 12:13:49
User: fraktil
Functions: export
Tags: Linux remote display screenshot import
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Remote Screenshot

Like the given command, but combines _DISPLAY=":0.0"_ with _export DISPLAY_ to get _export DISPLAY=":0.0"_ and only imports if DISPLAY is set successfully.

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What others think

Thanks for this!

I've tried, and seemed to work although my question now is how can I deactivate screensaver/power saving when taking the screenshot, because all I'm getting is a black screenshot.

Thanks :)

Comment by inkel 160 weeks and 5 days ago

@inkel Besides something like

kill $(ps ax | grep screensaver | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $1 }')

I usually just use x11vnc to make the current X session VNC accessible and disable the screensaver via VNC.

Comment by walterl 160 weeks and 5 days ago

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