fbgrab - takes a screenshot using the framebuffer device
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Description
fbgrab is a wrapper around fbcat which emulates the behaviour of Gunnar Monell's fbgrab utility.
Name
fbgrab - takes a screenshot using the framebuffer device
Options
fbgrab accepts the following options:
-cN
Grab the /dev/ttyN virtual terminal.
Note
This option might require root privileges (or CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG capability).
-CN
Switch to the /dev/ttyN virtual terminal, then wait a few seconds before grabbing it.
Note
This option might require root privileges (or CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG capability).
-dfb-device
Use the fb-device framebuffer device.
By default, the device name is taken from the FRAMEBUFFER environment variable. If it is unset or
empty, the default is /dev/fb0.
-i
Enable PNG interlacing.
-sN
Sleep N seconds before making the screenshot or switching virtual terminals.
-?
Display help and exit.
Specify png-file as “-” to write to standard output.
See Also
png(5), fbcat(1) fbgrab 0.5.1 2017-08-16 FBGRAB(1)
Synopsis
fbgrab [option...] png-filefbgrab-?
Unsupported Options
The following options of Gunnar Monell's fbgrab are recognized but not supported:
-ffb-dump-file-bN-wN-hN