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grim(1) | General Commands Manual | grim(1) |
NAME¶
grim - grab images from a Wayland compositorDESCRIPTION¶
grim [options...] <output-file>SYNOPSIS¶
grim is a command-line utility to take screenshots of Wayland desktops. For now it requires support for the screencopy protocol to work. Support for the xdg-output protocol is optional, but improves fractional scaling support.grim will write a PNG file to output-file. If output-file is -, it will output the file to the standard output instead.
OPTIONS¶
-hShow help message and quit.
-s <factor>
Set the output image's scale factor to factor. By
default, the scale factor is set to the highest of all outputs.
-g "<x>,<y> <width>x<height>"
Set the region to capture, in layout coordinates.
If set to -, read the region from the standard input instead.
-t <type>
Set the output image's file format to type. By
default, the filetype is set to png filetype, valid values are
png or jpeg.
-q <quality>
Set the output jpeg's filetype compression rate to
quality. By default, the jpeg quality is 80, valid values are
between 0-100.
-o <output>
Set the output name to capture.
-c
Include cursors in the screenshot.
AUTHORS¶
Maintained by Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>, who is assisted by other open-source contributors. For more information about grim development, see https://github.com/emersion/grim.2019-02-10 |