screenSHotter

A shell script that automatically takes screenshots and saves them to a folder.

Useful for writing how-to's with pictures of code or other visual examples.

Requires package scrot, will check and install if necessary.

Usage

1- Make sure the script is executable.

chmod +x screenshotter.sh

2- Invoke the script in a terminal and start capturing!

./screenshotter.sh

Default Options

• Screenshots are stored in ~/Pictures/ at a rate of one every 2 seconds

• Captures the active window (can be changed to the entire screen)

• Files are named via timestamp: %Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S.jpg

• Read the manual for scrot and modify the script as needed!