d.out.file(1grass)

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version 8.5.0 · 10 versions
, in alpine 3.24, ubuntu stonking

💾 d.out.file — the GRASS manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is so useful and also so simple. we're in the GRASS User's Manual today and the module on the slab is d.out.file 💅

🌸 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. screenshot but make it ✨GIS✨

🎀 KEYWORDS 🎀

display, export, output — yes queen, all three, she contains multitudes 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the shape of her:

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

🚩 Flags:

  • --overwrite — lets output files just bulldoze whatever's already sitting there with the same name. consent is optional here, she WILL replace your file 😭
  • --help — prints the usage summary, aka the tl;dr
  • --verbose — verbose module output, she's telling you everything, main character energy fr
  • --quiet — quiet module output, she's giving mysterious. silent. unbothered.
  • --ui — force launches the GUI dialog. for when you want buttons and not vibes on the command line 🫶

🌈 Parameters:

  • output=name [required] — the name for your output file. you literally have to give her one, no cap
  • format=string [required] — which graphics file format you want
    • Options: png, jpg, bmp, gif, tif
    • Default: png (iconic choice honestly, png stays winning 👑)
  • size=width,height — the width and height of the output image. size queen behavior and we respect it 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea. d.out.file saves the content of the currently selected monitor into a graphic file. note the word currently — she is not going to hunt around for your monitors, she uses the one that's active, periodt.

and if you need to pick which monitor is the active one? that's a d.mon situation bestie, go talk to d.mon.

and the plot twist: you can run d.out.file from the GUI Console tab too 🎀 so whether you're a terminal gremlin or a clicking princess, you're covered. no cap.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the girlies in her orbit, go read these next:

  • d.redraw
  • d.erase
  • d.rast
  • d.vect
  • d.mon

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Anna Petrasova, NCSU GeoForAll Lab — absolute icon, we stan forever 👑

🔥 SOURCE CODE 🔥

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

Latest change: Friday Feb 07 19:16:09 2025 in commit a82a39f673b97fafcfce1604dc3e6015cb96487a

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