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slurp — Select a region in a Wayland compositor. More information: <https://github.com/emersion/slurp/blob/m

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Problem

How to use the slurp command: Select a region in a Wayland compositor. More information: <https://github.com/emersion/slurp/blob/master/slurp.1.scd>.

Solution

slurp — Select a region in a Wayland compositor. More information: <https://github.com/emersion/slurp/blob/master/slurp.1.scd>.

Select a region and print it to stdout:

slurp

Select a region and print it to stdout, while displaying the dimensions of the selection:

slurp -d

Select a single point instead of a region:

slurp -p

Select an output and print its name:

slurp -o -f '%o'

Select a specific region and take a borderless screenshot of it, using grim:

grim -g "$(slurp -w 0)"

Select a specific region and take a borderless video of it, using wf-recorder:

wf-recorder {{[-g|--geometry]}} "$(slurp -w 0)"

Code Snippets

Select a region and print it to `stdout`

slurp

Select a region and print it to `stdout`, while displaying the dimensions of the selection

slurp -d

Select a single point instead of a region

slurp -p

Select an output and print its name

slurp -o -f '%o'

Select a specific region and take a borderless screenshot of it, using `grim`

grim -g "$(slurp -w 0)"

Context

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