GNOME-SCREENSHOT(1) GNOME-SCREENSHOT(1)
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
DISPLAY ]
DESCRIPTION
gnome-screenshot is a GNOME utility for taking screenshots of the entire screen, a window or an user-defined area of the screen, with
optional beautifying border effects.
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.
-B, --remove-border
Remove the window border from the screenshot.
-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 rectangu-
lar space around the screenshot) or ``none'' (no effect). Default is ``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 <marillat@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 oth-
ers.
May 14, 2013 GNOME-SCREENSHOT(1)