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From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
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On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:29:41 +0200
Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> wrote:

> Andrew L. Gould [Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 12:17:10PM -0500]:
> > 
> > I flubbed my first attempt with xwd -- I need to spend more time
> > with it's man page.
> 
> Try:
> 
> 	xwd | xwdtopnm | pnmtojpeg  > foo.jpg
> 
> ... and xli (xloadimage) for lightweight image viewing program.
> 
> Gimp, ImageMagick, ksnapshot are too heavyweight IMO if you just want
> a screenshot.
> -- 
> m
> 

Today, getting it done for the first time, quickly, was the priority. 
The hardware had idle resources; I did not.

Tonight, the part of me that has always been fascinated by piping will
revisit the commands you provided above.

Thank you for your help,

Andrew