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Enable/Disable laptop keyboard using XINPUT
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#/bin/bash | |
####################################### | |
# Enables or disables laptop keyboard # | |
####################################### | |
# Keyboard name to work with | |
KB_NAME="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" | |
# Grab keyboard ID | |
KB_ID=$(xinput list | grep "$KB_NAME" | awk '{ print $7 }' | sed -r 's/id=//g') | |
# Grab slave keyboard ID | |
KB_SLAVE_ID=$(xinput list | grep "slave keyboard" | awk -F"[()]" 'NR==1{ print $2 }') | |
# Check if is in float mode, 1 = float | |
KB_IS_DISABLED=$(xinput list | grep 23 | awk '/floating/{ print "1" }') | |
# If is in float, reattach | |
if [ "$KB_IS_DISABLED" = "1" ]; then | |
xinput reattach "$KB_ID" "$KB_SLAVE_ID" | |
echo "Enabled" | |
exit | |
fi | |
# Disable | |
xinput float "$KB_ID" | |
echo "Disabled" |
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