Instantly Snap, Copy, and Paste Screenshots

I’ve been holding a deep secret out on you, my readers. It changed my life, and now it’ll change yours. Want to take a screenshot then paste it as an image?

I just copy pasted the above, with this simple script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
scrot -s -e 'mv $f ~/Pictures && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i ~/Pictures/$f'

Ask AI for help installing any dependencies.

If you have i3, you can bind it, I bind mine to mod+Shift +p and save it as screen-captue

bindsym --release $mod+Shift+p exec screen-capture

Then, try it out.

1. Execute

2. Click

3. Drag

4. Click

5. Paste

The Image will be dropped both into your clipboard and ~/Pictures

That’s it.