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macOS command-line tools you might not know about

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2039 points Gadiguibou | 2 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source
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nomilk ◴[27 Jun 23 14:09 UTC] No.36493025[source]▶
Surprised pngpaste isn't mentioned (in the article nor the comments).

If you take a screen shot (command + shift + 4) or partial screen shot (command + shift + control + 4) you can save it directly to an image file with:

pngpaste filename.png

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1. pier25 ◴[27 Jun 23 14:19 UTC] No.36493174[source]▶
Both commands you listed take a partial screenshot. The first one saves it to the desktop and the second one (with control) to the clipboard.
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2. nomilk ◴[27 Jun 23 14:22 UTC] No.36493221[source]▶
Oops, you're right. I meant command + shift + control + 3 (full screen to clipboard) and command + shift + control + 4 (partial screen to clipboard).