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wacaw

A little command-line tool for macOS that allows you to capture both still pictures and video from an attached camera. More information: http://webcam-tools.sourceforge.net.

• Take a picture from webcam:
   
  wacaw {{filename}}
   
• Record a video:
   
  wacaw --video {{filename}} --duration {{duration_in_seconds}}
   
• Take a picture with custom resolution:
   
  wacaw --width {{width}} --height {{height}} {{filename}}
   
• Copy image just taken to clipboard:
   
  wacaw --to-clipboard
   
• List the devices available:
   
  wacaw --list-devices