📸 A simple bash script for taking screenshots using maim

📆 2026-04-04 11:31

Here's a simple bash script that help you take a screenshot by clicking on an open application or by selecting a region of the screen.

It uses maim. On Arch Linux you can install it with:

sudo pacman -S maim

Code

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Create Screenshots directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p "$HOME/Screenshots"

# Take screenshot and name the file by date and time
maim -su "$HOME/Screenshots/$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S).jpg"

You can bind a hotkey or make an alias for this script. It's up to you.

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