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gnome-screenshot:tldr:e65ba
gnome-screenshot: Take a screenshot of the current window and save it to the specified file location.
$ gnome-screenshot --window --file ${filename}
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The command you provided is used in the GNOME desktop environment on Linux systems to capture a screenshot of a specific window. Let's break it down:
- "gnome-screenshot" is the name of the command-line tool that captures screenshots in the GNOME desktop environment.
- "--window" is an option that specifies that you want to capture a specific window rather than the entire screen or a region of it.
- "--file" is another option that tells the command to save the captured screenshot to a file.
- "${filename}" is a placeholder indicating that you need to replace it with the actual desired filename (including the file extension) for the screenshot. For example, you can replace "${filename}" with "screenshot.png" to save the screenshot as "screenshot.png".
When you run this command with the appropriate filename, it will capture the specified window and save the screenshot as the provided file.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.