---
name: "shutter"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "shutter"
version: "0.99.7-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/shutter"
---

# shutter(1)

Feature-rich Screenshot Tool

## NAME

Shutter - Feature-rich Screenshot Tool

## SYNOPSIS

shutter \[options\]

## COPYRIGHT

Shutter is Copyright (C) by Mario Kemper and Shutter Team

## DESCRIPTION

**Shutter** is a feature-rich screenshot program. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website - apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.

## OPTIONS

- Example 1

  shutter -a -p=myprofile --min\_at\_startup

- Example 2

  shutter -s=100,100,300,300 -e

- Example 3

  shutter --window=.\*firefox.\*

- Example 4

  shutter --web=http://shutter-project.org/ -e

### CAPTURE MODE OPTIONS

- **-s, --select=\[X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT\]**

  Capture an area of the screen. Providing X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT is optional.

- **-f, --full**

  Capture the entire screen.

- **-w, --window=\[NAME\_PATTERN\]**

  Select a window to capture. Providing a NAME\_PATTERN (Perl-style regex) is optional.

- **-a, --active**

  Capture the current active window.

- **-m, --menu**

  Capture a menu.

- **-t, --tooltip**

  Capture a tooltip.

- **--web=\[URL\]**

  Capture a webpage. Providing an URL is optional.

- **-r, --redo**

  Redo last screenshot.

### SETTINGS OPTIONS

- **-p, --profile=NAME**

  Load a specific profile on startup.

- **-o, --output=FILENAME**

  Specify a filename to save the screenshot to (overwrites any profile-related setting).

  **Supported image formats:** You can save to any popular image format (e.g. jpeg, png, gif, bmp). Additionally it is possible to save to pdf, ps or svg.

  **Please note:** There are several wildcards available.

  Wild cards provided by Shutter are:

  ```
   $w = width
   $h = height
   $name = multi-purpose (e.g. window title)
   $nb_name = like $name but without blanks in resulting strings
   $profile = name of current profile
   $R = random char (e.g. $RRRR = ag4r)
   %NN = counter
  ```

  Additionally, there are date related wildcards:

  ```
   %Y = year
   %m = month
   %d = day
   %T = time
  ```

  The string is interpretted by strftime. See `"man strftime"` for more examples.

  **As an example:** shutter -f -e -o './%y-%m-%d\_$w\_$h.png' would create a file named '11-10-28\_1280\_800.png' in the current directory.

- **-d, --delay=SECONDS**

  Wait n seconds before taking a screenshot.

- **-c, --include\_cursor**

  Include cursor when taking a screenshot.

- **-C, --remove\_cursor**

  Remove cursor when taking a screenshot.

### APPLICATION OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Prints a brief help message and exits.

- **-v, --version**

  Prints version information.

- **--debug**

  Prints a lot of debugging information to STDOUT.

- **--clear\_cache**

  Clears cache, e.g. installed plugins, at startup.

- **--min\_at\_startup**

  Starts Shutter minimized to tray.

- **--disable\_systray**

  Disables systray icon.

- **-e, --exit\_after\_capture**

  Exit after the first capture has been made. This is useful when using Shutter in scripts.

- **-n, --no\_session**

  Do not add the screenshot to the session. This is useful when using Shutter in scripts.

## BUG REPORTS

If you find a bug in Shutter, you should report it.  But first, you should make sure that it really is a bug, and that it appears in the latest version of Shutter.

The latest version is always available from: **https://github.com/shutter-project/shutter/releases**

Once you have determined that a bug actually exists, please report it at github: **https://github.com/shutter-project/shutter/issues/new**