how to store a screenshot as a file?

[andrei186]

One can take a screenshot - i.e. to store it in the memory by pressing PrtScr.
But I failed to find how to write it into a graphic file? In particular in Xfce which does not have a graphic file editor

[aicardi]

xfce4-screenshooter comes to mind. Plugin for the xfce4 panel. If you don't use the panel you can run it from command line.
scrot. Command line screen capture utility.

[andrei186]

xfce4-screenshooter comes to mind. Plugin for the xfce4 panel. If you don't use the panel you can run it from command line.
scrot. Command line screen capture utility.

Thank you. On my Debian scrot returns "command not found"
Googled it and got an impression that scrot too only takes screen into memory. For the list of parameters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrot) does not include the name of the target file which is necessary for storage

[mardybear]

On my Debian scrot returns "command not found"

Then it's probably not installed:

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# apt-get install scrot

Scrot works very well and has many options. You can take an entire screenshot, specify a window only, set a countdown delay. Read the manual page:

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man scrot

Googled it and got an impression that scrot too only takes screen into memory.

On my system, a default scrot screenshot from CLI automatically produces a .png file in my /home/username folder.

[aicardi]

You may have to install it.

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# apt-get install scrot

I have a small script that I use to name and save the screenshots.
Example:

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#!/bin/sh
#
#NAME: sshot.sh
#PURPOSE: screen capture using scrot w/5 sec delay. Screen saved in ~/screenshots

if [ -d  ~/screenshots ]; then
		scrot -d 5 '%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M_scrot.jpg' -e 'mv $f ~/screenshots/'
	else
		mkdir ~/screenshots
		scrot -d 5 '%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M_scrot.jpg' -e 'mv $f ~/screenshots/'
fi

[andrei186]

Thank you all, this works and this this just what I need

[alan stone]

Depending on your needs, a more feature-rich screenshot tool is Shutter.
Some additional information here.

[aicardi]

Depending on your needs, a more feature-rich screenshot tool is Shutter.
Some additional information here.

xfce4-screenshooter is pretty feature-rich as well. Less bloated.
scrot is extremely feature-rich as well as small. Command line only though.

[followurdrmz]

@aicardi xfce4-screenshooter has a plugin too, xfce4-screenshooter-plugin. You can put that plugin on your panel and configure for your needs.

[alan stone]

"Package: xfce4-screenshooter-plugin
transitional dummy package for xfce4-screenshooter
Screenshooter is an utility for the Xfce Desktop Environment. The package has been renamed from xfce4-screenshooter-plugin to xfce4-screenshooter so this package is here to handle the transition.
You can safely remove it"
Source

[aicardi]

@aicardi xfce4-screenshooter has a plugin too, xfce4-screenshooter-plugin. You can put that plugin on your panel and configure for your needs.

Yes, I guess my point is that you don't have to use it from a panel-plugin. I don't use xfce4-panel. I just start it from command line.

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$ xfce4-screenshooter

What I don't like about xfce4-screenshooter is the file naming. I don't like spaces in file names.
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Screenshot - 04162015 - 10:23:36 AM.png

Personally, I prefer scrot.

[kiyop]

I use openbox. I prefer:

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sleep 5;xwd -root|convert - capture.png;geeqie capture.png

Of course, you must install "geeqie".
I edit capture.png by "gimp".

Refer https://wiki.debian.org/ScreenShots

ADDED AT Sun Apr 19 16:49:17 JST 2015;

Sometimes, "convert" does not work.

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sleep 5;xwd -root > capture

"x11-apps" package is required for wheezy.