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gnome-screenshot

Capture the screen, a window, or a user-defined area and save the image to a file. More information: https://manned.org/gnome-screenshot.

  • Take a screenshot and save it to the default location, normally ~/Pictures:

gnome-screenshot

  • Take a screenshot and save it to the named file location:

gnome-screenshot --file path/to/file

  • Take a screenshot and save it to the clipboard:

gnome-screenshot --clipboard

  • Take a screenshot after the specified number of seconds:

gnome-screenshot --delay 5

  • Launch the GNOME Screenshot GUI:

gnome-screenshot --interactive

  • Take a screenshot of the current window and save it to the specified file location:

gnome-screenshot --window --file path/to/file

  • Take a screenshot after the specified number of seconds and save it to the clipboard:

gnome-screenshot --delay 10 --clipboard

  • Display the version:

gnome-screenshot --version

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