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Command-Line Interface Utility
Manage Virtual Machines from CLI
General Virtual Machine Management

Capture a Screen Area

prlctl capture <vm_id | vm_name> --file <name>

Captures a screen area of a virtual machine to a file in PNG format. The --file <name> parameter specifies the target file name and path.

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