scrot

Screen capture utility. More information: <https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/scrot.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install scrot
Ubuntu
apt-get install scrot
Alpine
apk add scrot
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S scrot
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install scrot
Fedora
dnf install scrot
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install scrot
Raspbian
apt-get install scrot
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/scrot scrot powered by Commando

Screen capture utility. More information: <https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot>.

  • Capture a screenshot and save it to the current directory with the current date as the filename:
    scrot
  • Capture a screenshot and save it as `capture.png`:
    scrot capture.png
  • Capture a screenshot interactively:
    scrot --select
  • Capture a screenshot interactively without exiting on keyboard input, press `ESC` to exit:
    scrot --select --ignorekeyboard
  • Capture a screenshot interactively delimiting the region with a colored line:
    scrot --select --line color=x11_color|rgb_color
  • Capture a screenshot from the currently focused window:
    scrot --focused
  • Display a countdown of 10 seconds before taking a screenshot:
    scrot --count --delay 10

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