XTE(1)                               General Commands Manual                               XTE(1)

NAME
       xte - Generates fake input using the XTest extension

SYNOPSIS
       xte [options] commands...

DESCRIPTION
       xte  is  a program that generates fake input using the XTest extension, more reliable than
       xse.

OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included below.

       -i id  XInput 2.x device to use. List devices with 'xinput list'.

       -x display
              Send commands to remote X server. Note that some commands may  not  work  correctly
              unless  the  display is on the console, e.g. the display is currently controlled by
              the keyboard and mouse and not in the background. This seems to be a limitation  of
              the XTest extension.

       --help, -h
              Show summary of options.

COMMANDS
       key k  Press and release key k

       keydown  k
              Press key k down

       keyup k
              Release key k

       str string
              Do a bunch of key X events for each char in string

       mouseclick i
              Click mouse button i

       mousemove x y
              Move mouse to screen position x, y

       mousermove x y
              Move mouse relative from current location by x, y

       mousedown i
              Press mouse button i down

       mouseup i
              Release mouse button i

       sleep x
              Sleep x seconds

       usleep x
              Usleep x microseconds

SOME USEFUL KEYS
       These keys are case sensitive.

       Home
       Left
       Up
       Right
       Down
       Page_Up
       Page_Down
       End
       Return
       BackSpace
       Tab
       Escape
       Delete
       Shift_L
       Shift_R
       Control_L
       Control_R
       Meta_L
       Meta_R
       Alt_L
       Alt_R
       Multi_key
       Super_L
       Super_R

       Depending  on your keyboard layout, the "Windows" key may be one of the Super_ keys or the
       Meta_ keys.

SEE ALSO
       pat2ppm(1), patextract(1), png2pat(1), rgb2pat(1), visgrep(1).

AUTHOR
       xte was written by Steve Slaven <bpk@hoopajoo.net>.

LIMITATIONS
       The str command doesn't support Unicode characters with  more  than  two  bytes.  Further,
       character  composing sequences to generate special charactes are limited to Multi_key plus
       two characters. The set of supported characters depends on the current keyboard layout.

                                         October 3, 2012                                   XTE(1)

xte v1.09
Generates fake input using the XTest extension, more reliable than xse
Author: Steve Slaven - http://hoopajoo.net

usage: xte [-h] [-i xinputid] [-x display] [arg ..]

  -h  this help
  -i  XInput2 device to use. List devices with 'xinput list'
  -x  send commands to remote X server.  Note that some commands
      may not work correctly unless the display is on the console,
      e.g. the display is currently controlled by the keyboard and
      mouse and not in the background.  This seems to be a limitation
      of the XTest extension.
  arg args instructing the little man on what to do (see below)
      if no args are passed, commands are read from stdin separated
      by newlines, to allow a batch mode

 Commands:
  key k          Press and release key k
  keydown k      Press key k down
  keyup k        Release key k
  str string     Do a bunch of key X events for each char in string
  mouseclick i   Click mouse button i
  mousemove x y  Move mouse to screen position x,y
  mousermove x y Move mouse relative from current location by x,y
  mousedown i    Press mouse button i down
  mouseup i      Release mouse button i
  sleep x        Sleep x seconds
  usleep x       uSleep x microseconds

Some useful keys (case sensitive)
  Home
  Left
  Up
  Right
  Down
  Page_Up
  Page_Down
  End
  Return
  BackSpace
  Tab
  Escape
  Delete
  Shift_L
  Shift_R
  Control_L
  Control_R
  Meta_L
  Meta_R
  Alt_L
  Alt_R
  Multi_key

Depending on your keyboard layout, the "Windows" key may be one of the
Super_ keys or the Meta_ keys.

Sample, drag from 100,100 to 200,200 using mouse1:
  xte 'mousemove 100 100' 'mousedown 1' 'mousemove 200 200' 'mouseup 1'