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Take a photo with a webcam on Ubuntu
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photo.sh
#!/bin/bash
export time=`date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S`
export filename="$HOME/photos/photo-$time.jpg"
avconv -f video4linux2 -s 1920x1080 -i /dev/video0 -ss 0:0:0.1 -frames 1 $filename
echo $filename
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