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bash file for toggle keyboard in linux

Brainless answered on September 12, 2022 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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bash file for toggle keyboard in linux

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 #!/bin/bash
	Icon="/home/mynul/.config/keybordShortcut/icon/keyboardon.png"
	Icoff="/home/mynul/.config/keybordShortcut/icon/keyboardoff.png"
	fconfig=".keyboard" 
	devicename="Logitech USB Keyboard"
    id=$(xinput list --id-only "$devicename")
    if [ ! -f $fconfig ]; then
      echo "Creating config file"
      echo "enabled" > $fconfig
      var="enabled"
    else
      read -r var< $fconfig
      echo "keyboard is : $var"
    fi
    
    if [ "$var" = "disabled" ]; then
      notify-send -i $Icon "Enabling keyboard..." \ "ON - Keyboard connected !";
      echo "enable keyboard..."
      xinput enable $id
      echo "enabled" > $fconfig
    elif [ "$var" = "enabled" ]; then
      notify-send -i $Icoff "Disabling Keyboard" \ "OFF - Keyboard disconnected";
      echo "disable keyboard"
      xinput disable $id
      echo 'disabled' > $fconfig
    fi
    
// 1. bash file save as test.sh
// 2. to run it use command ' bash test.sh '
// for more info go to the sorce

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