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.TH "slurp" "1" "2026\-10\-28"
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.SH NAME
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slurp \- select a region in a Wayland compositor
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBslurp\fR [options.\&.\&.\&]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
slurp is a command\-line utility to select a region from Wayland compositors
which support the layer\-shell protocol.\& It lets the user hold the pointer to
select, or click to cancel the selection.\&
.PP
If the standard input is not a TTY or the \-r option is used, slurp will read a
list of predefined rectangles for quick selection.\& Each line must be in the form
"<x>,<y> <width>x<height> [label]".\& The label is optional and can be any string
that doesn'\&t contain newlines.\& It can be accessed using the "%l" sequence in a
format string.\&
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If the \fIEsc\fR key is pressed, selection is cancelled.\& If the \fISpace\fR key is
held, the selection is moved instead of being resized.\&
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.SH OPTIONS
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\fB\-h\fR
.RS 4
Show help message and quit.\&
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.RE
\fB\-d\fR
.RS 4
Display dimensions of selection.\&
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.RE
\fB\-b\fR \fIcolor\fR
.RS 4
Set background color.\& See \fBCOLORS\fR for more detail.\&
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.RE
\fB\-c\fR \fIcolor\fR
.RS 4
Set border color.\& See \fBCOLORS\fR for more detail.\&
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.RE
\fB\-s\fR \fIcolor\fR
.RS 4
Set selection color.\& See \fBCOLORS\fR for more detail.\&
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.RE
\fB\-B\fR \fIcolor\fR
.RS 4
Set color for highlighting predefined rectangles from standard input when not
selected.\&
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.RE
\fB\-F\fR \fIfont family\fR
.RS 4
Set the font family name when displaying the dimensions box.\& Only useful
when combined with the \-d option.\& The available font family names guaranteed
to work are the standard generic CSS2 options: serif, sans\-serif,
monospace, cursive and fantasy.\& It defaults to the sans\-serif family name.\&
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.RE
\fB\-w\fR \fIweight\fR
.RS 4
Set border weight.\&
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.RE
\fB\-f\fR \fIformat\fR
.RS 4
Set format.\& See \fBFORMAT\fR for more detail.\&
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.RE
\fB\-p\fR
.RS 4
Select a single pixel instead of a rectangle.\& This mode ignores any
predefined rectangles read from the standard input.\&
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.RE
\fB\-o\fR
.RS 4
Add predefined rectangles for all outputs, as if provided on standard input.\&
The label will be the name of the output.\&
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.RE
\fB\-r\fR
.RS 4
Require the user to select one of the predefined rectangles.\& These can come
from standard input, if \fB\-o\fR is used, the rectangles of all display outputs.\&
This option conflicts with \fB\-p\fR.\&
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.RE
\fB\-a\fR \fIwidth\fR:\fIheight\fR
.RS 4
Force selections to have the given aspect ratio.\& This constraint is not
applied to the predefined rectangles specified using \fB\-o\fR.\&
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.RE
.SH COLORS
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Colors may be specified in #RRGGBB or #RRGGBBAA format.\& The # is optional.\&
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.SH FORMAT
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Interpreted sequences are:
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%x	The x\-coordinate of the selection
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%y	The y\-coordinate of the selection
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%w	The width of the selection
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%h	The height of the selection
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%X	The x\-coordinate of the selection with coordinates relative to the output
.RS 4
containing the top left corner.\&
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.RE
%Y	The y\-coordinate of the selection with coordinates relative to the output
.RS 4
containing the top left corner.\&
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.RE
%W	The width of the selection cropped to the output containing the top left
.RS 4
corner.\&
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.RE
%H	The height of the selection cropped to the output containing the top left
.RS 4
corner.\&
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.RE
%l	Label included with region from stdin
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%o	The name of the output containing the top left corner, or "<unknown>" if
.RS 4
not known
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.RE
The default format is "%x,%y %wx%h\en".\&
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.SH KEYBOARD CONTROLS
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The following keyboard actions can be used during selection:
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\fBEscape\fR	Cancel the selection and exit slurp
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\fBSpace\fR	 If currently making a selection, while space is held down, move the
entire selection rather than change the selection'\&s size as you move the
pointer.\&
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\fBShift\fR	Experimental.\& If the \fB\-a\fR option wasn'\&t specified, then set the aspect
ratio to 1:1 while shift is held down, releasing it restores the un\-constrained
aspect ratio.\& \fBNote:\fR This behavior may change in the future depending on
feedback.\&
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.SH AUTHORS
.PP
Maintained by Simon Ser <contact@emersion.\&fr>, who is assisted by other
open\-source contributors.\& For more information about slurp development, see
https://github.\&com/emersion/slurp.\&