Is there a built-in way to both save and copy a screenshot to the clipboard at the same time?

Solution 1:

According to man screencapture one can only save to the clipboard or to a file: there doesn't seem to be any way around this as designed.

The description of the command uses the word 'or' to indicate that only one action is possible: save the screencapture to a file or to the clipboard:

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Solution 2:

Check out this question: What's the quickest way to get a graphic on the clipboard saved to disk?

And this utility:

pngpaste

Paste PNG into files, much like pbpaste does for text.