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I use zscreen in windows to capture my screen every 2 minute and save them on local file system with date time label. Is there any tool or script to doing this on linux Ubuntu?

taher
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You can use scrot and put it in /etc/crontab add this to /etc/crontab

*/2 * * * * <username> scrot

For that you need scrot, which you can install like this:

sudo apt-get install scrot

You can also give scrot the following argument to move images to your Pictures directory

scrot '%Y-%m-%d_$wx$h_scrot.png' -e 'mv $f ~/Pictures/'
BeryJu
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  • thanks for your answer. If i want to use scrot only when i want crontab isn't true manner for this issue. I use script for this issue while true; do scrot & sleep 2; done but when i use this script it's sleep influence on all system like in typing and cause delay in typing. How can i fix this issue? – taher May 17 '13 at 22:13
  • When scrot takes a screenshot, its sound beeb, how silent this? – Fakhamatia Jan 21 '20 at 17:11