NAME

       scrot - command line screen capture utility

SYNOPSIS

       scrot [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       scrot  (SCReenshOT)  is  a  simple  command line screen capture utility that uses imlib2 to grab and save
       images. Multiple image formats are supported through imlib2's dynamic saver modules.

       Some features of the scrot:

              •  support to multiple image formats (JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.).

              •  optimization of the screen shots image quality.

              •  capture a specific window or a rectangular area on the screen with the help of switch.

       scrot also can be used to monitor a desktop PC in admin absent and register unwanted activities.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Display help output and exit.

       -v, --version
              Output version information and exit.

       -a, --autoselect
              Non-interactively choose a rectangle of x,y,w,h.

       -b, --border
              When selecting a window, grab wm border too.

       -c, --count
              Display a countdown when used with delay.

       -d, --delay NUM
              Wait NUM seconds before taking a shot.

       -e, --exec APP
              Exec APP on the saved image.

       -q, --quality NUM
              Image  quality (1-100) high value means high size, low compression. Default: 75.  (Effect  differs
              depending on file format chosen).

       -m, --multidisp
              For multiple heads, grab shot from each and join them together.

       -s, --select
              Interactively select a window or rectangle with the mouse.  See -l and -f options.

       -l, --line
              Indicates the style of the line when the -s option is used.  See SELECTION STYLE.

       -f, --freeze
              Freeze the screen when the -s option is used.

       -u, --focused
              Use the currently focused window.

       -t, --thumb NUM|GEOM
              Generate  thumbnail  too.  NUM  is  the  percentage  of the original size for the thumbnail to be.
              Alternatively, a GEOMetry can be specified, example: 300x200

       -z, --silent
              Prevent beeping.

       -p, --pointer
              Capture the mouse pointer.

       -o, --overwrite
              By default scrot does not overwrite the files, use this option to allow it.

       -n, --note
              Draw a text note. See NOTE FORMAT.

SPECIAL STRINGS

       Both the --exec and filename parameters can take format  specifiers  that  are  expanded  by  scrot  when
       encountered.  There  are  two types of format specifier.  Characters preceded by a '%' are interpreted by
       strftime(2). See man strftime for examples. These options may be used to refer to the  current  date  and
       time.  The  second  kind  are  internal  to  scrot  and  are prefixed by '$' The following specifiers are
       recognised:

           $a  hostname
           $f  image path/filename (ignored when used in the filename)
           $m  thumb image path/filename (ignored when used in the filename)
           $n  image name (ignored when used in the filename)
           $s  image size (bytes) (ignored when used in the filename)
           $p  image pixel size
           $w  image width
           $h  image height
           $t  image format (ignored when used in the filename)
           $$  print a literal '$'
           \n  print a newline (ignored when used in the filename)

       Example:

           scrot '%Y-%m-%d_$wx$h.png' -e 'mv $f ~/shots/'

       This would create a file called something  like  2000-10-30_2560x1024.png  and  move  it  to  your  shots
       directory.

SELECTION STYLE

       When using --select you can indicate the style of the line with --line.

       The following specifiers are recognised:

           style=(solid,dash),width=(range 1 to 8)

       The default style is:

           style=solid,width=1

       Example:

           scrot --line style=dash,width=3 --select

NOTE FORMAT

       The following specifiers are recognised for the option --note:

           -f 'FontName/size'
           -t 'text'
           -x position (optional)
           -y position (optional)
           -c color(RGBA) (optional)
           -a angle (optional)

       Example:

           scrot --note "-f '/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSans-Bold/40' -x 10 -y 20 -c 255,0,0,255 -t 'Hi'"

AUTHOR

       scrot  was  originally  developed  by Tom Gilbert under MIT-advertising license and is maintained by some
       people.

       Currently, source code and newer versions are available  at  https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-
       projects/scrot

scrot-1.2                                        18 August 2019                                         scrot(1)