Manual page and help for the xdotool linux command. Xdotool can be used to program (or manually) simulate keyboard input and mouse operations: move and resize windows, and more. It does all this with the X11 XTEST extension and other Xlib features. There is some support for Extended Window Manager Tips (also known as EWMH or NetWM). See "EXTENDED WINDOW MANAGER HINTS" for more information.

The manual page and help for the xte linux command. The xte command generates a false input using the XTest extension. The xte command is part of the xautomation package.

The manual page and help for the visgrep linux command. Visgrep is a program that searches for an image in another image. The visgrep command is part of the xautomation package.

Manual page and help for the rgb2pat linux command. Rgb2pat is a program that converts an image file from 24-bit RGB to PAT format. the infile is a 24-bit RGB file; writes the resulting .pat file to standard output (stdout). The file can be used with visgrep to copy the contents of the screen.

Manual page and help for the png2pat linux command. Png2pat is a program that converts an image file from PNG to PAT format. infile.png is an RGB or RGBA PNG file; the resulting .pat file is written to standard output (stdout). The file can be used with visgrep to copy the contents of the screen.

Manual page and help for the patextract linux command. Patextract is a program that extracts a portion of a PNG image file and outputs that portion in PAT format. The input file (infile) is an RGB or RGBA PNG file; writes the resulting part of the image in PAT format to the standard output (stdout). The file can be used with visgrep to copy the contents of the screen. The patextract command is part of the xautomation package.

The manual page and help for the pat2ppm linux command. Pat2ppm is a program that converts an image file from PAT to PPM format. The input file is a PAT file; and writes the resulting .ppm file to standard output (stdout). The command has no additional options. The pat2ppm command is part of the xautomation package.

Xautomation is a command-line program package that controls X and performs "visual scraping" to find things on the screen. The interface allows you to move the mouse, click, release / press mouse buttons, release / press keyboard keys, etc., and uses the XTest extension, so you don't have the annoying problems of xse when applications ignore the sent events. The visgrep program identifies images within other images and provides data about the coordinates, allowing programs to click buttons on the screen, and so on.