sway/swaygrab.1.txt
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swaygrab (1)
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Name
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swaygrab - Grab image data from the current sway session.
Synopsis
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'swaygrab' [options] [output] [file]
Grabs pixels from _output_ and writes them to _file_. The image will be passed to
ImageMagick convert for processing.
Options
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*-c, \--capture*::
Captures multiple frames as video and passes them into ffmpeg. Continues until
you send SIGTERM (ctrl+c) to swaygrab.
*-v, \--version*::
Print the version (of swaymsg) and quit.
*-s, --socket* <path>::
Use the specified socket path. Otherwise, swaymsg will ask sway where the
socket is (which is the value of $SWAYSOCK, then of $I3SOCK).
Examples
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swaygrab HDMI-A-1 output.png::
Grab the contents of HDMI-A-1 and write to output.png.
swaygrab -c HDMI-A-1 output.webm::
Capture a webm of HDMI-A-1.
Authors
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Maintained by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, who is assisted by other open
source contributors. For more information about sway development, see
<https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway>.
See Also
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**sway**(5)