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 [ -c ]  [ -w ]  [ -a ]  [ -b ]  [ -B ]  [ -p ]   [  -d
11       SECONDS   ]  [ -e EFFECT  ]  [ -i ]  [ -f FILENAME  ]  [ --display DIS‐
12       PLAY  ]
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DESCRIPTION

15       gnome-screenshot is a GNOME  utility  for  taking  screenshots  of  the
16       entire screen, a window or a user-defined area of the screen.
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OPTIONS

19       -c, --clipboard
20              Send the grab directly to the clipboard.
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22       -w, --window
23              Grab the current active window instead of the entire screen.
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25       -a, --area
26              Grab an area of the screen instead of the entire screen.
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28       -b, --include-border
29              Include  the  window  border  within  the screenshot. Note: This
30              option is deprecated and window border is always included.
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32       -B, --remove-border
33              Remove the window border from the screenshot. Note: This  option
34              is deprecated and window border is always included.
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36       -p, --include-pointer
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39       -d, --delay=SECONDS,
40              Take the screenshot after the specified delay [in seconds].
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42       -e, --border-effect=EFFECT,
43              Add  an  effect to the outside of the screenshot border.  EFFECT
44              can be ``shadow'' (adding drop shadow), ``border'' (adding  rec‐
45              tangular space around the screenshot), ``vintage'' (desaturating
46              the screenshot slightly, tinting it and adding rectangular space
47              around  it) or ``none'' (no effect).  Default is ``none''. Note:
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50       -i, --interactive
51              Interactively set options in a dialog.
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53       -f, --file=FILENAME
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56       --display=DISPLAY
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59       -?, -h, --help
60              Show a summary of the available options.
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62       In addition, the usual GTK+ command line options apply.  See the output
63       of --help for details.
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AUTHOR

66       This   manual   page   was   written   by  Christian  Marillat  <maril‐
67       lat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but  may  be  used  by
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70       Updated  by Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep@linux.thai.net>, Tom Feiner
71       <feiner.tom@gmail.com>, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc@gnome.org> and others.
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75                                August 10, 2013            GNOME-SCREENSHOT(1)
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