Sending keys from a shell script

metalx1000 · 02-09-2007, 02:09 PM

How would I, if I could, have a script that would wait and then send keystrokes to what ever app is in focus.

something like this:

Code:

#! /bin/bash

sleep 10s

sendkeys "hello world"

any help would be great.

thank

wjevans_7d1@yahoo.co · 02-09-2007, 02:45 PM

I hope the following answer is not too outrageous. It doesn't address how to find out which window is in focus, but:

Step one: learn C.

Step two: learn about X-Window programming (which will be in C).

Step three:

Code:

man XQueryTree
man XSendEvent

Hope this helps.