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grim-1.5.0

grab images from a Wayland compositor

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Description

Grab images from a Wayland compositor. Screenshoot all outputs: grim Screenshoot a specific output: grim -o DP-1 Screenshoot a region: grim -g "10,20 300x400" Select a region and screenshoot it: grim -g "$(slurp)" Use a custom filename: grim $(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)/$(date +'%s_grim.png') Grab a screenshot from the focused window under Sway, using `swaymsg` and jq: grim -g "$(swaymsg -t get_tree | jq -j '.. | select(.type?) | select(.focused).rect | "\(.x),\(.y) \(.width)x\(.height)"')" Pick a color, using ImageMagick: grim -g "$(slurp -p)" -t ppm - | convert - -format '%[pixel:p{0,0}]' txt:-

Package information

Ports path
wayland/grim
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
wayland
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
aarch64, amd64, arm, i386, mips64, mips64el, powerpc, powerpc64, riscv64, alpha, hppa, sparc64

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