slop

Get a selection of the screen. More information: <https://github.com/naelstrof/slop>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/slop.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install slop
Ubuntu
apt-get install slop
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S slop
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install slop
Fedora
dnf install slop
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install slop
Raspbian
apt-get install slop

Get a selection of the screen. More information: <https://github.com/naelstrof/slop>.

  • Wait for the user to make a selection and output its geometry to `stdout`:
    slop
  • Double click, rather than click and drag, to draw a selection:
    slop -D
  • Highlight the selection rather than outlining it:
    slop -l
  • Specify the output format:
    slop -f format_string
  • Specify the selection rectangle's color:
    slop -c red,green,blue,alpha

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