1GNOME-SCREENSHOT(1)                                        GNOME-SCREENSHOT(1)
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NAME

6       gnome-screenshot  -  capture  the  screen, a window, or an user-defined
7       area and save the snapshot image to a file.
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SYNOPSIS

10       gnome-screenshot [ -w ]  [ -a ]  [ -b ]  [ -B ]  [ -d SECONDS  ]  [  -e
11       EFFECT  ]  [ -i ]  [ --display DISPLAY  ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       gnome-screenshot  is  a  GNOME  utility  for  taking screenshots of the
15       entire screen, a window or an user-defined area  of  the  screen,  with
16       optional beutifying border effects.
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OPTIONS

19       -w, --window
20              Grab the current active window instead of the entire screen.
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22       -a, --area
23              Grab an area of the screen instead of the entire screen.
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25       -b, --include-border
26              Include the window border within the screenshot.
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28       -B, --remove-border
29              Remove the window border from the screenshot.
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31       -d, --delay=SECONDS,
32              Take the screenshot after the specified delay [in seconds].
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34       -e, --effect=EFFECT,
35              Add  an  effect to the outside of the screenshot border.  EFFECT
36              can be ``shadow'' (adding drop shadow), ``border'' (adding  rec‐
37              tangular  space  around the screenshot) or ``none'' (no effect).
38              Default is ``none''.
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40       -i, --interactive
41              Interactively set options in a dialog.
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43       --display=DISPLAY
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46       -?, -h, --help
47              Show a summary of the available options.
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49       In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply.   See
50       the output of --help for details.
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SEE ALSO

53       gnome-options(7), gtk-options(7)
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AUTHOR

56       This   manual   page   was   written   by  Christian  Marillat  <maril‐
57       lat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but  may  be  used  by
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60       Updated  by Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep@linux.thai.net>, Tom Feiner
61       <feiner.tom@gmail.com> and Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc@gnome.org>
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65                                 June 28, 2009             GNOME-SCREENSHOT(1)