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 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 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’’.
-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 [AT] debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
Updated by Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep [AT] linux.net>, Tom Feiner <feiner.tom [AT] gmail.com>, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc [AT] gnome.org> and others.