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

NAME
     screencapture -- capture images from the screen and save them to a file
     or the clipboard

SYNOPSIS
     screencapture [-SWCTMPcimswxto] file

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

     -c      Force screen capture to go to the clipboard.

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

     -i      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.

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

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

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

     -P      Open the taken picture in a Preview window.

     -s      Only allow mouse selection mode.

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

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

     -T      <seconds> Take the picture after a delay of <seconds>, default is
	     5.

     -w      Only allow window selection mode.

     -W      Start interaction in window selection mode.

     -x      Do not play sounds.

     -a      Do not capture attached windows.

     -r      Do not add screen dpi meta data to captured file.

     -b      capture Touch Bar, only works in non-interactive modes.

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

BUGS
     Better documentation is needed for this utility.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
     To capture screen content while logged in via ssh, you must launch
     screencapture in the same mach bootstrap hierarchy as loginwindow:

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

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

Mac OS				 June 16, 2004				Mac OS