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keyd — Remap keys. More information: <https://manned.org/keyd>.

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Problem

How to use the keyd command: Remap keys. More information: <https://manned.org/keyd>.

Solution

keyd — Remap keys. More information: <https://manned.org/keyd>.

Start and enable the keyd service:
systemctl enable keyd --now


Display keypress information:
sudo keyd {{[-m|monitor]}}


Reset bindings and reload the configuration files in /etc/keyd:
sudo keyd reload


List all valid key names:
keyd list-keys


Check the detected configuration files for errors:
keyd check


Create a temporary binding:
sudo keyd bind "{{pressed_key}} = {{output_key}}"

Code Snippets

Start and enable the `keyd` service

systemctl enable keyd --now

Display keypress information

sudo keyd {{[-m|monitor]}}

Reset bindings and reload the configuration files in `/etc/keyd`

sudo keyd reload

List all valid key names

keyd list-keys

Check the detected configuration files for errors

keyd check

Context

tldr-pages: linux/keyd

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