Re: "SendKeys" equivalent in Linux

From: Tony Lawrence (foo_at_pcunix.com)
Date: 07/24/05 

Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 16:13:26 -0400

EKurtz99@aol.com wrote:
> In Windows it is possible to control one application from another by
> sending keystrokes to the buffer for that app. The technique is
> limited, of course, by what you can do via the keyboard in the driven
> app. Is there an equivalent in Linux?
>

Several.

One is just to use an input file:

yourapp < yourfileofkeystrokes

Another is to use Expect (see http://aplawrence.com/Books/expect.html )
which is usually the easiest way to do anything complicated.

Perl, Python etc. include the ability to open another program just as
you'd open a file and send keystrokes to it. 

-- 
Tony Lawrence
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X  resources: http://aplawrence.com

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