slop

Get a selection of the screen.

• Wait for the user to make a selection and output its geometry to standard output:

slop

• Double click, rather than click and drag, to draw a selection:

slop -D

• Highlight the selection rather than outlining it:

slop -l

• Specify the output format:

slop -f {format_string}

• Specify the selection rectangle's color:

slop -c {red},{green},{blue},{alpha}

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