fswebcam Command Examples

Small and simple webcam for *nix. More information: https://www.sanslogic.co.uk/fswebcam.

• Take a picture:

fswebcam {{filename}}

• Take a picture with custom resolution:

fswebcam -r {{width}}x{{height}} {{filename}}

• Take a picture from selected device(Default is /dev/video0):

fswebcam -d {{device}} {{filename}}

• Take a picture with timestamp(timestamp string is formatted by strftime):

fswebcam --timestamp {{timestamp}} {{filename}}