ydotool

Simulate input on X11 and Wayland

TLDR

Start daemon

$ ydotoold

Left click

$ ydotool click 0xC0

Right click

$ ydotool click 0xC1

Press Alt+F4

$ ydotool key 56:1 62:1 62:0 56:0

SYNOPSIS

ydotool COMMAND [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

ydotool simulates keyboard and mouse input on Linux. Unlike xdotool, it works on both X11 and Wayland by using the kernel uinput module.Requires the ydotoold daemon to be running.

PARAMETERS

click CODE

Simulate mouse click (0xC0=left, 0xC1=right, 0xC2=middle)

key KEYCODE:STATE...

Simulate key press/release (1=press, 0=release)

type TEXT

Type text string

mousemove X Y

Move mouse to position

INSTALL

sudo dnf install ydotool

sudo pacman -S ydotool

sudo zypper install ydotool

nix profile install nixpkgs#ydotool

CAVEATS

Requires ydotoold daemon running. Needs access to /dev/uinput. Key codes are hardware scancodes, not X11 keysyms.