xdotool.md

Source

https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool

Type some string

xdotool type <string>

Press enter

xdotool key Return

Press windows key

xdotool key Super_L

Press arrow down

xdotool key Down

Press alt followed by tab

xdotool keydown alt Tab ; xdotool keyup alt

CTRL + t

xdotool key ctrl+t 

Simulate mouse click

xdotool click <number>

Numbers

1 Left click
2 Middle click
3 Right click
4 Scroll wheel up
5 Scroll wheel down

Absolute mouse move

xdotool mousemove 100 100 

Relative mouse move (positive)

xdotool mousemove_relative 30 30

Relative mouse move (negative)

xdotool mousemove_relative -- -55 -10

Get realtime mouse position

while true; do xdotool getmouselocation; sleep 0.2; clear; done

Search for keynames

xev

Key mapping on german keyboard

ö -> ;
Ö -> :
: -> >
/ -> &
- -> /
( -> *
) -> (
= -> )
? -> _
+ -> ]
# -> \
; -> <
: -> >
_ -> ?
' -> |
* -> }
ß -> -
ä -> '
ü -> [