Thanks Richard,

That is the kind of thing I was looking for. And yes, it's one of the reasons 
I'm liking plan 9. Each piece does one thing we'll.

Chris

On Nov 23, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote:

>> I'm working on some documentation and would like to include a portion of the 
>> screen in a particular window. What's a good way to take the shot but also 
>> snip out the piece that I'm interested in?
> 
> Making a screenshot is one of those delightful examples of
> the elegant simplicity of Plan 9:
> 
>    cat /dev/screen >screenshot.pic
> 
> To select a rectangle from an image you can use crop(1)
> 
> 

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