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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.

Link to official scrot site

Official Website

Features

Command line interface Compatible with Microsoft Office Capture Screen / Take screenshots Add a feature

Categories

OS & Utilities Photos & Graphics

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Discontinued command-line command-line-interface microsoft-office-compatible screen-capture screen-grab screenshot-utility screensnap take-screenshot

scrot was added by kafene in Mar 2012 and the latest update was made in Dec 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Jan 2017 There is a history of all activites on scrot in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on scrot or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

scrot is discontinued. Find alternatives in the list below or click here for more info

The project is no longer developed since 2013.

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