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uinput — Intercept and write input events to a virtual keyboard device using /dev/uinput. More information: <

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Problem

How to use the uinput command: Intercept and write input events to a virtual keyboard device using /dev/uinput. More information: <https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/tools/-/tree/master#uinput>.

Solution

uinput — Intercept and write input events to a virtual keyboard device using /dev/uinput. More information: <https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/tools/-/tree/master#uinput>.

Show resulting YAML device description merge and exit (dry-run):

uinput -p

Merge YAML device description(s) to resulting virtual device:

sudo uinput -c {{path/to/device1.yaml path/to/device2.yaml ...}}

Merge reference device description from device node(s) to resulting virtual device:

sudo uinput -d {{/dev/input/eventX /dev/input/eventY ...}}

Code Snippets

Show resulting YAML device description merge and exit (dry-run)

uinput -p

Merge YAML device description(s) to resulting virtual device

sudo uinput -c {{path/to/device1.yaml path/to/device2.yaml ...}}

Merge reference device description from device node(s) to resulting virtual device

sudo uinput -d {{/dev/input/eventX /dev/input/eventY ...}}

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tldr-pages: linux/uinput

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