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scrot

scrot (SCReen shOT) is a simple commandline screen capture utility that uses imlib2 to grab and... Created by Salvatore La Bua

Free Open Source
Linux
Discontinued

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

The first project, created by Tom Gilbert, was forked and patched by several developers, between these Salvatore La Bua.

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Official Website

Features

Command line interface Compatible with Microsoft Office Screenshot Tools Screenshot Tools Add a feature

Categories

OS & Utilities Photos & Graphics

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Discontinued screensnap

scrot was added by kafene in Mar 2012 and the latest update was made in Dec 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Dec 2019. It's possible to update the information on scrot or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

scrot is discontinued

The project is no longer developed since 2013.

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