# screencapture > Utility to take screenshots and screen recordings. > More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/screencapture.1.html>. - Take a screenshot and save it to a file: `screencapture {{path/to/file.png}}` - Take a screenshot including the mouse cursor: `screencapture -C {{path/to/file.png}}` - Take a screenshot and open it in Preview, instead of saving: `screencapture -P` - Take a screenshot of a selected rectangular area: `screencapture -i {{path/to/file.png}}` - Take a screenshot after a delay: `screencapture -T {{seconds}} {{path/to/file.png}}` - Make a screen recording and save it to a file: `screencapture -v {{path/to/file.mp4}}`