Is there a built-in way to both save and copy a screenshot to the clipboard at the same time?

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From what I've seen it seems like the basic hotkeys do not allow such a thing, besides if I use the following command on the terminal :

screencapture -ci somepath/screenshot.jpg

It only copies the screenshot to the clipboard but doesn't create the file screenshot.jpg at all (-c copies to clipboard and -i makes the user select a rectangle region to capture)

Thanks for your help.

IconDaemon · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-04T17:28:41.590

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According to man screencapture one can only save to the clipboard or to a file: there doesn't seem to be any way around this as designed.

The description of the command uses the word 'or' to indicate that only one action is possible: save the screencapture to a file or to the clipboard:

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edited Mar 04 '15 at 17:28

answered Mar 04 '15 at 16:58

IconDaemon

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Where do you see in "man creencapture" that this is not possible ? – T__O Mar 04 '15 at 17:04
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Edited answer to show unambiguous language in man description. 'Or' means 'or'. – IconDaemon Mar 04 '15 at 17:28

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '18 at 02:57

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Check out this question: What's the quickest way to get a graphic on the clipboard saved to disk?

And this utility:

pngpaste

Paste PNG into files, much like pbpaste does for text.

answered Feb 08 '18 at 02:57

zzzzzz

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Is there a built-in way to both save and copy a screenshot to the clipboard at the same time?

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pngpaste