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# dotool # dotool
dotool reads actions from stdin and simulates keyboard/mouse input using dotool reads actions from stdin and simulates keyboard/mouse input using
Linux's uinput module. It works system-wide, including in X11, Wayland Linux's uinput module. It works systemwide and supports keyboard layouts.
and TTYs.
## Install From Packages ## Install From Packages

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*dotool* may type gobbledygook if it's simulating keycodes for a different *dotool* may type gobbledygook if it's simulating keycodes for a different
keyboard layout than your environment is expecting. keyboard layout than your environment is expecting.
You can have *dotool* simulate keycodes for whatever layout by setting the You can specify the layout with the environment variables *DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT*
environment variables *DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT* and *DOTOOL_XKB_VARIANT*. For and *DOTOOL_XKB_VARIANT*. For example:
example:
*echo type azerty | DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT=fr dotool* *echo type azerty | DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT=fr dotool*