How can I save and copy a screenhot at the same time?





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Ive been trying to use gnome-screenshot like so



gnome-screenshot -acf $(date +%y_%h_%d_%H_%M_%S)



if I use the copy argument gnome-screenshot will not save. Am I missing something?










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    I don't think you're missing anything, it seems -c and -f don't work together.

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Ive been trying to use gnome-screenshot like so



gnome-screenshot -acf $(date +%y_%h_%d_%H_%M_%S)



if I use the copy argument gnome-screenshot will not save. Am I missing something?










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    I don't think you're missing anything, it seems -c and -f don't work together.

    – pomsky
    3 hours ago














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Ive been trying to use gnome-screenshot like so



gnome-screenshot -acf $(date +%y_%h_%d_%H_%M_%S)



if I use the copy argument gnome-screenshot will not save. Am I missing something?










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Ive been trying to use gnome-screenshot like so



gnome-screenshot -acf $(date +%y_%h_%d_%H_%M_%S)



if I use the copy argument gnome-screenshot will not save. Am I missing something?







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  • 2





    I don't think you're missing anything, it seems -c and -f don't work together.

    – pomsky
    3 hours ago














  • 2





    I don't think you're missing anything, it seems -c and -f don't work together.

    – pomsky
    3 hours ago








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I don't think you're missing anything, it seems -c and -f don't work together.

– pomsky
3 hours ago





I don't think you're missing anything, it seems -c and -f don't work together.

– pomsky
3 hours ago










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The -f is cancelled by the -c:



OPTIONS
-c, --clipboard
Send the grab directly to the clipboard.

-f, --file=FILENAME
Save screenshot directly to this file.


The file will be stored in memory, not on disk, when -c is used: if you open Libreoffice writer and paste you will see your image.




How can I save and copy a screenshot at the same time?




edit1: bugreport #1446650 but nobody bothered to follow up on this.
edit2: I found a way around it by using xclip. Install with ...



sudo apt install xclip


and expand your command with a variable holding date and time and 2 commands:



DATE=`date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S'`
sleep 5 && gnome-screenshot -af $DATE && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $DATE





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  • Thanks! That does work in terminal, but it's not working as a keyboard shortcut. Even more troubling than that, when I try to assign the shortcut to the printscreen key a screenshot is taken instead. I disabled the screenshot shortcuts so I'm not sure why I cant use the printscreen key.

    – rupert
    43 mins ago













  • Convert the code into a script, make it executable, and then assign a keyboard shortcut to that script.

    – DK Bose
    15 mins ago












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The -f is cancelled by the -c:



OPTIONS
-c, --clipboard
Send the grab directly to the clipboard.

-f, --file=FILENAME
Save screenshot directly to this file.


The file will be stored in memory, not on disk, when -c is used: if you open Libreoffice writer and paste you will see your image.




How can I save and copy a screenshot at the same time?




edit1: bugreport #1446650 but nobody bothered to follow up on this.
edit2: I found a way around it by using xclip. Install with ...



sudo apt install xclip


and expand your command with a variable holding date and time and 2 commands:



DATE=`date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S'`
sleep 5 && gnome-screenshot -af $DATE && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $DATE





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  • Thanks! That does work in terminal, but it's not working as a keyboard shortcut. Even more troubling than that, when I try to assign the shortcut to the printscreen key a screenshot is taken instead. I disabled the screenshot shortcuts so I'm not sure why I cant use the printscreen key.

    – rupert
    43 mins ago













  • Convert the code into a script, make it executable, and then assign a keyboard shortcut to that script.

    – DK Bose
    15 mins ago
















2














The -f is cancelled by the -c:



OPTIONS
-c, --clipboard
Send the grab directly to the clipboard.

-f, --file=FILENAME
Save screenshot directly to this file.


The file will be stored in memory, not on disk, when -c is used: if you open Libreoffice writer and paste you will see your image.




How can I save and copy a screenshot at the same time?




edit1: bugreport #1446650 but nobody bothered to follow up on this.
edit2: I found a way around it by using xclip. Install with ...



sudo apt install xclip


and expand your command with a variable holding date and time and 2 commands:



DATE=`date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S'`
sleep 5 && gnome-screenshot -af $DATE && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $DATE





share|improve this answer


























  • Thanks! That does work in terminal, but it's not working as a keyboard shortcut. Even more troubling than that, when I try to assign the shortcut to the printscreen key a screenshot is taken instead. I disabled the screenshot shortcuts so I'm not sure why I cant use the printscreen key.

    – rupert
    43 mins ago













  • Convert the code into a script, make it executable, and then assign a keyboard shortcut to that script.

    – DK Bose
    15 mins ago














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2







The -f is cancelled by the -c:



OPTIONS
-c, --clipboard
Send the grab directly to the clipboard.

-f, --file=FILENAME
Save screenshot directly to this file.


The file will be stored in memory, not on disk, when -c is used: if you open Libreoffice writer and paste you will see your image.




How can I save and copy a screenshot at the same time?




edit1: bugreport #1446650 but nobody bothered to follow up on this.
edit2: I found a way around it by using xclip. Install with ...



sudo apt install xclip


and expand your command with a variable holding date and time and 2 commands:



DATE=`date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S'`
sleep 5 && gnome-screenshot -af $DATE && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $DATE





share|improve this answer















The -f is cancelled by the -c:



OPTIONS
-c, --clipboard
Send the grab directly to the clipboard.

-f, --file=FILENAME
Save screenshot directly to this file.


The file will be stored in memory, not on disk, when -c is used: if you open Libreoffice writer and paste you will see your image.




How can I save and copy a screenshot at the same time?




edit1: bugreport #1446650 but nobody bothered to follow up on this.
edit2: I found a way around it by using xclip. Install with ...



sudo apt install xclip


and expand your command with a variable holding date and time and 2 commands:



DATE=`date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S'`
sleep 5 && gnome-screenshot -af $DATE && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $DATE






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  • Thanks! That does work in terminal, but it's not working as a keyboard shortcut. Even more troubling than that, when I try to assign the shortcut to the printscreen key a screenshot is taken instead. I disabled the screenshot shortcuts so I'm not sure why I cant use the printscreen key.

    – rupert
    43 mins ago













  • Convert the code into a script, make it executable, and then assign a keyboard shortcut to that script.

    – DK Bose
    15 mins ago



















  • Thanks! That does work in terminal, but it's not working as a keyboard shortcut. Even more troubling than that, when I try to assign the shortcut to the printscreen key a screenshot is taken instead. I disabled the screenshot shortcuts so I'm not sure why I cant use the printscreen key.

    – rupert
    43 mins ago













  • Convert the code into a script, make it executable, and then assign a keyboard shortcut to that script.

    – DK Bose
    15 mins ago

















Thanks! That does work in terminal, but it's not working as a keyboard shortcut. Even more troubling than that, when I try to assign the shortcut to the printscreen key a screenshot is taken instead. I disabled the screenshot shortcuts so I'm not sure why I cant use the printscreen key.

– rupert
43 mins ago







Thanks! That does work in terminal, but it's not working as a keyboard shortcut. Even more troubling than that, when I try to assign the shortcut to the printscreen key a screenshot is taken instead. I disabled the screenshot shortcuts so I'm not sure why I cant use the printscreen key.

– rupert
43 mins ago















Convert the code into a script, make it executable, and then assign a keyboard shortcut to that script.

– DK Bose
15 mins ago





Convert the code into a script, make it executable, and then assign a keyboard shortcut to that script.

– DK Bose
15 mins ago










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