Re: how to take a snapshot from the command line?

[Paulo Silva <nitrofurano gmail com>]

i think there are some commands similar to xawtv which allows you to
do it, from packages available from the Debian/Ubuntu repositories,
but i forgot which is the command exactly...

On 2/26/10, George Kraft <gkraft gnome org> wrote:
> Is there a way to "take a photo" from the command line without opening
> the desktop application?
>
> $ cheese --snapshot --delay 1 --outfile $HOME/Pictures/failedlogin.jpg
>
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