Comments on How to take screenshots on Linux using Scrot

Great, Thanks!

Hi

I'm just trying to use scrot to capture screenshots by using a bash script. There I'm defining the destination folder in a variable, but it is not expanding. Hiere what I've done so far:

SCREENSHOT_DIR="/media/my_path"scrot '%d.%m.%Y_at_%H-%M-%S_$wx$h.png' -e 'mv $f $SCREENSHOT_DIR'

But the screenshot will be stored in a file called: 'SCREENSHOT_DIR'; howerver, I want to store it under:

/media/my_path/<screenshot_name>

Any clue on how to achieve this?

Thanks

best regardsJosef

Nevermind about my previous comment. I just found that you need to escape the '$' sign with backslash '\', ie:

SCREENSHOT_DIR=/media/my_path

scrot '%d.%m.%Y_at_%H-%M-%S_$wx$h.png' -e 'mv $f \$SCREENSHOT_DIR'

Now it works.

By the way, it must be done with export:

export SCREENSHOT_DIR=/media/my_path

scrot '%d.%m.%Y_at_%H-%M-%S_$wx$h.png' -e 'mv $f \$SCREENSHOT_DIR'

Otherwise it won't work

Sorry to bother you again, but I haven't found any help about this. Perhaps you have an idea.

I would like to have the following script:

export IMAGE_FORMAT=jpgIMAGE_QUALITY=50export DISPLAY=:0SCREENSHOT_DIR="/media/my_path"DAY=`date +'%d'`MONTH=`date +'%m'`YEAR=`date +'%Y'`export SAVE_TO_DIR="$SCREENSHOT_DIR/$YEAR.$MONTH.$DAY"mkdir -p "$SAVE_TO_DIR"scrot '%H.%M.%S_$wx$h.$IMAGE_FORMAT' -e 'mv $f \$SAVE_TO_DIR' -q $IMAGE_QUALITY -z

The problem here is the first argument: '%H.%M.%S_$wx$h.$IMAGE_FORMAT'. The $IMAGE_FORMAT won't be expanded and an error will appear:giblib error: Saving to file 13.21.26_1920x1080.IMAGE_FORMAT failed

Even if I try escaping the '$' sign: '%H.%M.%S_$wx$h.\$IMAGE_FORMAT' an error will appear:

giblib error: Saving to file 13.21.26_1920x1080.$IMAGE_FORMAT failed

Do you have any idea of achieving this?Thanks

Josef

Please try scrot with -s     ....  mouse "form-a-box" 

scrot -s '%s.png' -e 'mv $f ~/Desktop/'

Problem: As I am forming the box, it suddenly 'jumps' to an 'L' or another shape.  Seems to be time related???