cheat.sheets/sheets/xev

# Show keycodes used by Xorg
# start xev and show only the relevant parts:
xev | awk -F'[ )]+' '/^KeyPress/ { a[NR+2] } NR in a { printf "%-3s %s\n", $5, $8 }'

# Alternative approach to show keycodes, with standard AWK formatting.
awk '
	/^KeyPress/ {
		A[NR+2]
	}

	NR in A {
		B=substr($7, 0, length($7) - 2)
		printf("%3d %s\n", $4, B)
	}
' <(xev)
added 10 new cheat sheets: finger git hdparm hexdump jot lynx rs sox sudo xev 2017-05-14 20:21:24 +00:00			`# Show keycodes used by Xorg`
			`# start xev and show only the relevant parts:`
			`xev \| awk -F'[ )]+' '/^KeyPress/ { a[NR+2] } NR in a { printf "%-3s %s\n", $5, $8 }'`
Add alternative approach to parsing `xev` 2019-11-27 00:06:45 +00:00
			`# Alternative approach to show keycodes, with standard AWK formatting.`
			`awk '`
			`/^KeyPress/ {`
			`A[NR+2]`
			`}`

			`NR in A {`
			`B=substr($7, 0, length($7) - 2)`
			`printf("%3d %s\n", $4, B)`
			`}`
			`' <(xev)`