d.out.file(1)

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version 8.4.2 · 8 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ d.out.file(1) — GRASS GIS User's Manual ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this little icon of a module is about to change your whole screenshot game 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

d.out.file — it saves the contents of the active display monitor to a graphics file. that's it. that's the whole job. and it does it flawlessly, no cap. 💅

🎀 KEYWORDS 🎀

display, export, output

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

d.out.file
d.out.file --help
d.out.file output=name format=string  [size=width,height]
[--overwrite]  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

🌈 Flags 🌈

  • --overwrite — let your output files overwrite files that already exist. yes, the old one gets replaced. be brave about it 💀
  • --help — prints the usage summary. when u just need a lil recap 🫶
  • --verbose — verbose module output. it will literally tell u everything it's doing 🔥
  • --quiet — quiet module output. the strong silent type ✨
  • --ui — forces the GUI dialog to launch. main character energy, graphic interface edition 👑

💜 Parameters 💜

  • output=name [required] — the name for your output file. required, bestie, no skipping 🎀
  • format=string [required] — the graphics file format. Options: png, jpg, bmp, gif, tif Default: png
  • size=width,height — width and height of the output image 📐

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the way that d.out.file works is: it saves the content of the currently selected monitor into a graphic file. simple. elegant. iconic. 🌟

the active monitor can be selected with d.mon — like, that's your monitor picker, and whatever's showing there is what gets saved.

and plot twist: d.out.file can be run from the GUI Console tab too, not just the command line. so whichever vibe u prefer, u are so covered 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

d.redraw, d.erase, d.rast, d.vect, d.mon

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Anna Petrasova, NCSU GeoForAll Lab — absolute legend, we stan 🫶

🍓 SOURCE CODE 🍓

Available at: d.out.file source code (history)

Accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:41:51 2026

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and that's a wrap, bestie 💖 this page came from GRASS 8.4.2 — that's the version and the date situation for ya — and it's your girl d.out.file(1) signing off. go screenshot something gorgeous. periodt. ✨🌈💅

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