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How to tell which key was pressed?
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R-S-H

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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 11:46    Post subject:  How to tell which key was pressed?  
Hi,

how can I check and get the result if any key like Strg, Alt or Shift is pressed?

I want to use/do this in bash.

Thanks

RSH
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Karl Godt


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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 12:54    Post subject:  
No straight idea .

evbug.ko kernel module if enabled, would show .

xev is another small program to show keys .
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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 13:01    Post subject:  
Yes, xev has worked for me. Smile

R-S-H, you might find the answer toward the end of this thread. Here, maybe.
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R-S-H

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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 13:29    Post subject:  
Hi,

thanks for the posts and the links.

I would like to try Xev but could not find it.

Any link to download Xev?

RSH

Edit:

Found it: it's in Puppy! Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 13:37    Post subject:  
R-S-H wrote:
I would like to try Xev but could not find it.
And what about
Code:
xev
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R-S-H

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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 13:56    Post subject:  
Ok,

as I've edited in my previous post, I've found it in the OS. But it seems not to be useful.

I need to get the code from pressed key to be submitted by a variable. To have a window opened and to watch the results in the terminal is not really useful to my purposes.

I'm looking for a solution like this:
Code:
MyKey=$(HereAFunctionThatReturnsAKeyCode)
if [ "$MyKey" = "MyKeyDefinitionHere" ]; then
...
...

or
Code:
MyKey=$(`HereAFunctionThatReturnsAKeyCode`)
if [ "$MyKey" = "MyKeyDefinitionHere" ]; then
...
...

or
Code:
MyKey=`HereAFunctionThatReturnsAKeyCode`
if [ "$MyKey" = "MyKeyDefinitionHere" ]; then
...
...

etc.pp

Thanks,

RSH
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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 15:03    Post subject:  
I suppose you could pipe the results of xev to a text file, grep the results. then put that into a variable.
Code:
xev | cat > keypress

Then again, I don't know how to get rid of the xev window, which would be a pain.
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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 15:48    Post subject:  
It's rather ugly low-level trick, but should (more or less) do what you want.
Anyway, I can't come up with nothing better. Wink

The main downside (or advantage) of this method is that it detects keystrokes globally, regardless of which window/application is currently in use (i.e. focused).

Code:
#!/bin/bash

# In Puppy it seems to be always /event0, but in other distros it may vary.
KEYBOARD="/dev/input/event0"
checkkey() {
  dd if="$KEYBOARD" bs=16 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump | cut -f8 -d ' ' | head -1
}

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Just an example how to use the above function:

echo "Press q to quit"

while true; do
  sleep 0.1 # <- to prevent oversensitivity
 
  KEY=$(checkkey)

  case $KEY in
    002a ) echo "Left Shift" ;;
    001d ) echo "Left Control" ;;
    0036 ) echo "Right Shift" ;;
    009d ) echo "Right Control" ;;
    0038 ) echo "Left Alt" ;;
    00b8 ) echo "Right Alt (Alt-Gr)" ;;
    0010 ) echo -e "\n'q' has been pressed, exiting..." && break ;;
    * ) echo " (other key...)" ;;
  esac

done

read -t0.1 -N 255 KEY   # Empty keyboard buffer, to avoid junk on exit
exit

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# PS. To get hex codes of other keys, launch this in terminal:
while true; do dd if=/dev/input/event0 bs=16 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump | cut -f8 -d ' ' | head -1; sleep 0.1; done

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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 16:40    Post subject:  
Hi.

SFR wrote:
it detects keystrokes globally

That's exactly how it would used to be! Very Happy

After you doing the basic script for the LazY MAID as well as your work done on the variomenu (der-schutzhund) again a nice working solution/script. You're a real coder with rich knowledge!

How do you say, in English: Hat's up (right? - in German this would be: Hut ab!)!

Thank you very much, SFR! Very Happy

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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 19:16    Post subject:  
I wonder if this could be modified to suit your needs?

http://ldp.linux.no/LDP/abs/html/abs-guide.html#BASHEK
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PostPosted: Wed 08 May 2013, 22:43    Post subject:  
That's a big page which takes a while to stabilize at the relevant spot, so be patient and wait for 10 or 20 seconds.
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