NAME
  scrot - command line screen capture utility

SYNOPSIS
  scrot [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION
  scrot (SCReenshOT) is a simple command line screen capture
  utility that uses imlib2 to grab and save images. Multiple
  image formats are supported through imlib2's dynamic saver
  modules.

  Some features of the scrot:
    - support to multiple image formats (JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.).
    - optimization of the screen shots image quality.
    - capture a specific window or a rectangular area on the
      screen with the help of switch.

  scrot also can be used to monitor a desktop PC in admin absent
  and register unwanted activities.

OPTIONS
  -h, --help         Display help output and exit.
  -v, --version      Output version information and exit.
  -D, --display      Specify the display to use; see X(7).
  -a, --autoselect   Non-interactively choose a rectangle of x,y,w,h.
  -b, --border       When selecting a window, grab wm border too.
  -c, --count        Display a countdown when used with delay.
  -d, --delay NUM    Wait NUM seconds before taking a shot.
  -e, --exec APP     Exec APP on the saved image.
  -q, --quality NUM  Image  quality (1-100) high value means high size, low
                     compression. Default: 75. (Effect differs depending on
                     file format chosen).
  -m, --multidisp    For multiple heads, grab shot from each and join them
                     together.
  -s, --select       Interactively select a window or rectangle with the mouse.
                     See -l and -f options.
  -l, --line         Indicates the style of the line when the -s option is used.
                     See SELECTION STYLE.
  -f, --freeze       Freeze the screen when the -s option is used.
  -u, --focused      Use the currently focused window.
  -t, --thumb NUM|GEOM  Generate thumbnail too. NUM is the percentage of the
                        original size for the thumbnail to be. Alternatively,
                        a GEOMetry can be specified, example: 300x200.
  -z, --silent       Prevent beeping.
  -p, --pointer      Capture the mouse pointer.

  -o, --overwrite    By default scrot does not overwrite the files, use this option to allow it.
  -n, --note         Draw a text note. See NOTE FORMAT.
  -k, --stack        Capture stack/overlapped windows and join them together.
                     A running Composite Manager is needed.
  -C, --class NAME   Window class name. Associative with options: -k.

SPECIAL STRINGS
  Both the --exec and filename parameters can take format specifiers that are
  expanded by scrot when encountered. There are two types of format specifier.
  Characters preceded by a '%' are interpreted by strftime(2). See man strftime
  for examples. These options may be used to refer to the current date and
  time. The second kind are internal to scrot and are prefixed by '$' The
  following specifiers are recognised:

    $a  hostname
    $f  image path/filename (ignored when used in the filename)
    $m  thumb image path/filename (ignored when used in the filename)
    $n  image name (ignored when used in the filename)
    $s  image size (bytes) (ignored when used in the filename)
    $p  image pixel size
    $w  image width
    $h  image height
    $t  image format (ignored when used in the filename)
    $$  print a literal '$'
    \\n  print a newline (ignored when used in the filename)

  Example:

    $ scrot '%Y-%m-%d_$wx$h.png' -e 'mv $f ~/shots/'

  This would create a file called something like 2000-10-30_2560x1024.png
  and move it to your shots directory.

SELECTION STYLE
  When using --select you can indicate the style of the line with --line.

  The following specifiers are recognised:

    style=(solid,dash),width=(range 1 to 8),color="value",
    opacity=(range 10 to 100),mode=(edge,classic)

  The default style is:

    mode=classic,style=solid,width=1,opacity=100

  Mode 'edge' ignore: style, --freeze

  Mode 'classic' ignore: opacity

  The 'opacity' specifier is only effective if a Composite Manager is running.

  For the color you can use a name or a hexadecimal value.

    color="red" or color="#ff0000"

  Example:

    $ scrot --line style=dash,width=3,color="red" --select

NOTE FORMAT
  The following specifiers are recognised for the option --note:

    -f 'FontName/size'
    -t 'text'
    -x position (optional)
    -y position (optional)
    -c color(RGBA) (optional)
    -a angle (optional)

  Example:

    $ scrot --note "-f '/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSans-Bold/40' -x 10 -y 20 -c 255,0,0,255 -t 'Hi'"

AUTHOR
  scrot was originally developed by Tom Gilbert under MIT-advertising license
  and is maintained by some people.

  Currently, source code and newer versions are available at
  https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot
