gnome-screenshot1
Capture the screen, a window, or an user-defined area and save the snapshot image to a file.
Usage
gnome-screenshot [-c]
[-w]
[-a]
[-b]
[-B]
[-p]
[-d
SECONDS]
[-e
EFFECT]
[-i]
[-f
FILENAME]
[--display
DISPLAY]
Overview
gnome-screenshot is a GNOME utility for taking screenshots of the entire screen, a window or a user-defined area of the screen.
Options
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-c, --clipboard -
Send the grab directly to the clipboard.
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-w, --window -
Grab the current active window instead of the entire screen.
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-a, --area -
Grab an area of the screen instead of the entire screen.
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-b, --include-border -
Include the window border within the screenshot. Note: This option is deprecated and window border is always included.
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-B, --remove-border -
Remove the window border from the screenshot. Note: This option is deprecated and window border is always included.
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-p, --include-pointer -
Include the pointer with the screenshot.
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-d, --delay=SECONDS, -
Take the screenshot after the specified delay [in seconds].
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-e, --border-effect=EFFECT, -
Add an effect to the outside of the screenshot border. EFFECT can be ``shadow'' (adding drop shadow), ``border'' (adding rectangular 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''.
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-i, --interactive -
Interactively set options in a dialog.
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-f, --file=FILENAME -
Save screenshot directly to this file.
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--display=DISPLAY -
X display to use.
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-?, -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.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 6 times.
--area since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--border-effect since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--clipboard since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--display since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--file since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--include-border since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--include-pointer since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--interactive since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--remove-border since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-? since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-B since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-a since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-b since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-c since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-d since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-e since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-f since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-h since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-i since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-p since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-w since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).
--effect until Debian 7 (Wheezy).