Remote Screenshot

export DISPLAY=":0.0" && import -window root screenshot.png

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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By: fraktil

2010-02-17 12:13:49

export Linux remote display screenshot import

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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.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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DISPLAY=:0.0 import -window root /tmp/shot.png

depesz · 2010-10-28 12:00:00 46
Remote screenshot

The `export` is unnecessary if it's only applicable to the one command.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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DISPLAY=":0.0" import -window root screenshot.png

walterl · 2010-02-17 13:02:24 19
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
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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ssh user@remote-host "DISPLAY=:0.0 import -window root -format png -"|display -format png -

splante · 2011-04-08 01:07:41 6
Remote screenshot

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. :-)
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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DISPLAY=":0.0"; export DISPLAY; import -window root gotya.png

Abiden · 2010-02-17 09:13:54 4

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