1---
 2title: Take a screenshot in Plan9
 3url: plan9-screenshot.html
 4date: 2023-05-10T12:00:00+02:00
 5type: note
 6draft: false
 7tags: [plan9]
 8---
 9
10Take a screenshot in Plan9. This applies to [Plan9](https://9p.io/plan9/) and
11[9front](https://9front.org/). This will take a screenshot of the screen and
12output it to `/dev/screen`. You can then use `topng` to convert it to a png
13image.
14
15```sh
16# Instant screenshot.
17cat /dev/screen | topng > screen.png
18
19# Delayed screenshot (5 seconds).
20sleep 5; cat /dev/screen | topng > screen.png
21```
22