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 characters are limited to Multi_key plus
       two characters. The set of supported characters depends on the current keyboard layout.

                                         October 3, 2012                                   XTE(1)