scrot (SCReenshOT) is a simple command line screen capture utility.
It uses imlib2 to grab and save images.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Support for multiple image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, and others.
- Screenshot’s quality is configurable. For lossless output formats, a higher value represents better but slower compression. For lossy output formats, a higher value represents higher quality and larger file size. Default: 75.
- Capture a specific window or a rectangular area on the screen.
- Create thumbnails of the taken screenshots. The argument is the resolution of the thumbnail, it may be a percentage NUM or a resolution GEOM. Examples: 10, 25, 320×240, 500×200.
- Configurable delay.
- Option to grab the window manager’s border.
- Can easily be scripted and put to novel uses. For instance, scrot can be used to monitor an X server in absence.
Website: github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot
Support:
Developer: Tom Gilbert, Daniel T. Borelli, Guilherme Janczak, Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
License: MIT-advertising License
scrot is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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