Difference between revisions of "automate X keyboad and mouse with xdotool"

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move mouse 1 pixel every minute (to avoid screen timeouts or afk status)
 
move mouse 1 pixel every minute (to avoid screen timeouts or afk status)
  # while true; do; xdotool mousemove_relative --sync 0 1; sleep 60; done &
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  # while true; do xdotool mousemove_relative --sync 0 1; sleep 60; done &
  
 
same as above for for only the next 8 hours
 
same as above for for only the next 8 hours
  # for 1 in {1..480}; do; xdotool mousemove_relative --sync 0 1; sleep 60; done &
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  # for 1 in {1..480}; do xdotool mousemove_relative --sync 0 1; sleep 60; done &
  
 
[[category:automation]]
 
[[category:automation]]

Revision as of 16:22, 9 April 2015


move mouse 1 pixel every minute (to avoid screen timeouts or afk status)

# while true; do xdotool mousemove_relative --sync 0 1; sleep 60; done &

same as above for for only the next 8 hours

# for 1 in {1..480}; do xdotool mousemove_relative --sync 0 1; sleep 60; done &