gnome-screenshot - defined area and save the snapshot image to a file.
gnome-screenshot [ -c ] [ -w ] [ -a ] [ -b ] [ -B ] [ -p ] [ -d SECONDS ] [ -e EFFECT ] [ -i ] [ -f FILENAME ] [ --display DIS- PLAY ]
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NAME
gnome-screenshot - capture the screen, a window, or an user-defined
area and save the snapshot image to a file.
SYNOPSIS
gnome-screenshot [ -c ] [ -w ] [ -a ] [ -b ] [ -B ] [ -p ] [ -d
SECONDS ] [ -e EFFECT ] [ -i ] [ -f FILENAME ] [ --display DIS-
PLAY ]
DESCRIPTION
gnome-screenshot is a GNOME utility for taking screenshots of the
entire screen, a window or a user-defined area of the screen.
OPTIONS
-c, --clipboard
Send the grab directly to the clipboard.
-w, --window
Grab the current active window instead of the entire screen.
-a, --area
Grab an area of the screen instead of the entire screen.
-b, --include-border
Include the window border within the screenshot. Note: This
option is deprecated and window border is always included.
-B, --remove-border
Remove the window border from the screenshot. Note: This option
is deprecated and window border is always included.
-p, --include-pointer
Include the pointer with the screenshot.
-d, --delay=SECONDS,
Take the screenshot after the specified delay [in seconds].
-e, --border-effect=EFFECT,
Add an effect to the outside of the screenshot border. EFFECT
can be ``shadow'' (adding drop shadow), ``border'' (adding rec-
tangular space around the screenshot), ``vintage'' (desaturating
the screenshot slightly, tinting it and adding rectangular space
around it) or ``none'' (no effect). Default is ``none''. Note:
This option is deprecated and is assumed to be ``none''.
-i, --interactive
Interactively set options in a dialog.
-f, --file=FILENAME
Save screenshot directly to this file.
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use.
-?, -h, --help
Show a summary of the available options.
In addition, the usual GTK+ command line options apply. See the output
of --help for details.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Christian Marillat <maril-
lat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by
others).
Updated by Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep@linux.thai.net>, Tom Feiner
<feiner.tom@gmail.com>, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc@gnome.org> and others.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Availability | gnome/gnome-screenshot |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through volatile |
+---------------+------------------------+
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-
screenshot/40/gnome-screenshot-40.0.tar.xz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Screenshot.
August 10, 2013 GNOME-SCREENSHOT(1)