Example 1
shutter -a -p=myprofile --min_at_startup
Example 2
shutter -s=100,100,300,300 -e
Example 3
shutter --window=.*firefox.*
Example 4
shutter --web=http://shutter-project.org/ -e
CAPTUREMODEOPTIONS-s,--select=[X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT]
Capture an area of the screen. Providing X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT is optional.
-f,--full
Capture the entire screen.
-w,--window=[NAME_PATTERN]
Select a window to capture. Providing a NAME_PATTERN (Perl-style regex) is optional.
-a,--active
Capture the current active window.
-m,--menu
Capture a menu.
-t,--tooltip
Capture a tooltip.
--web=[URL]
Capture a webpage. Providing an URL is optional.
-r,--redo
Redo last screenshot.
SETTINGSOPTIONS-p,--profile=NAME
Load a specific profile on startup.
-o,--output=FILENAME
Specify a filename to save the screenshot to (overwrites any profile-related setting).
Supportedimageformats: You can save to any popular image format (e.g. jpeg, png, gif, bmp).
Additionally it is possible to save to pdf, ps or svg.
Pleasenote: There are several wildcards available, like
%Y = year
%m = month
%d = day
%T = time
$w = width
$h = height
$name = multi-purpose (e.g. window title)
$nb_name = like $name but without blanks in resulting strings
$profile = name of current profile
$R = random char (e.g. $RRRR = ag4r)
%NN = counter
The string is interpretted by strftime. See "man strftime" for more examples.
Asanexample: shutter -f -e -o './%y-%m-%d_$w_$h.png' would create a file named
'11-10-28_1280_800.png' in the current directory.
-d,--delay=SECONDS
Wait n seconds before taking a screenshot.
-c,--include_cursor
Include cursor when taking a screenshot.
-C,--remove_cursor
Remove cursor when taking a screenshot.
APPLICATIONOPTIONS-h,--help
Prints a brief help message and exits.
-v,--version
Prints version information.
--debug Prints a lot of debugging information to STDOUT.
--clear_cache
Clears cache, e.g. installed plugins, at startup.
--min_at_startup
Starts Shutter minimized to tray.
--disable_systray
Disables systray icon.
-e,--exit_after_capture
Exit after the first capture has been made. This is useful when using Shutter in scripts.
-n,--no_session
Do not add the screenshot to the session. This is useful when using Shutter in scripts.