maim Command Examples

Screenshot utility. More information: https://manned.org/maim.

• Capture a screenshot and save it to the given path:

maim {{path/to/screenshot.png}}

• Capture a screenshot of the selected region:

maim {{[-s|--select]}} {{path/to/screenshot.png}}

• Capture a screenshot of the selected region and save it in the clipboard (requires xclip):

maim {{[-s|--select]}} | xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}} {{[-t|-target]}} image/png

• Capture a screenshot of the current active window (requires xdotool):

maim {{[-i|--window]}} $(xdotool getactivewindow) {{path/to/screenshot.png}}