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slop

2015-01-22 21:13:35.340671+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

slop is a command-line script that lets the user select a screen region, and then outputs that to stdout.

In case like me you're tired of firing up GIMP, doing "File->Create->Screenshot..." and then fumbling through what window is where, you can easily do things like tie this to ImageMagick or ffmpeg.

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#Comment Re: slop made: 2015-01-22 21:19:08.237526+00 by: Dan Lyke

My new ~/bin/grabscreen:

#!/bin/bash
eval `slop`
import -window root -crop $G $1