1grim(1)                     General Commands Manual                    grim(1)
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NAME

6       grim - grab images from a Wayland compositor
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DESCRIPTION

9       grim [options...] [output-file]
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SYNOPSIS

12       grim is a command-line utility to take screenshots of Wayland desktops.
13       For now it requires support for the screencopy protocol to work. Sup‐
14       port for the xdg-output protocol is optional, but improves fractional
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17       grim will write an image to output-file, or to a timestamped file name
18       in $GRIM_DEFAULT_DIR if not specified. If $GRIM_DEFAULT_DIR is not set,
19       it defaults to $XDG_PICTURES_DIR. If output-file is -, grim will output
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OPTIONS

23       -h
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26       -s <factor>
27           Set the output image's scale factor to factor. By default, the
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30       -g "<x>,<y> <width>x<height>"
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35       -t <type>
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39       -q <quality>
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43       -o <output>
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AUTHORS

50       Maintained by Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>, who is assisted by other
51       open-source contributors. For more information about grim development,
52       see https://github.com/emersion/grim.
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