How to capture a window using the command line

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The screencapture command doesn't seem to be able to capture a specific window when it is invoked from the command line, but is able to do it when it is used interactively whit shift+command+4.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '12 at 08:47

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screencapture -w yourfile.png

However the window selection itself is still interactive.

answered Jul 30 '12 at 08:47

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 22 '12 at 08:34

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$ screencapture -l #windowId capture.png

answered Oct 22 '12 at 08:34

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How to capture a window using the command line

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