mouse.py

"""
count mouse movements
first run `xinput -list` and note id of your mouse
then run `python mouse.py {id}` and
keep it running till you want to count mouse movements
it will update a file in working directory with current stats
every 100 movements. this file will be named as starting time
of the script.
"""
import sys
from datetime import datetime
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE


def main(id):
    cmd = "xinput test " + str(id)
    pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=1000, stdout=PIPE).stdout
    start = datetime.now()
    filename = str(start.strftime("%d-%M-%Y-%H-%M-%S")) + ".txt"
    motion, press, release, count = 0, 0, 0, 0
    while True:
        line = str(pipe.readline())
        if "motion" in line:
            motion += 1
        elif "press" in line:
            press += 1
        elif "release" in line:
            release += 1

        if count % 100 == 0:
            with open(filename, "w") as F:
                F.write("StartTime = " + str(start) + "\n")
                current_time = datetime.now()
                F.write(
                    "CurrentTime = "
                    + str(current_time)
                    + " difference = "
                    + str(current_time - start)
                    + "\n"
                    + "motions = "
                    + str(motion)
                    + " press = "
                    + str(press)
                    + " releases = "
                    + str(release)
                    + "\n"
                )
        count += 1
    return


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        print("No id given auto detecting")
        cmd = 'xinput list | grep Mouse | grep "=[0-9]*" -o | grep "[0-9]*" -o'
        pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=1000, stdout=PIPE).stdout
        id = int(pipe.read().decode("utf-8"))
    else:
        id = int(sys.argv[1])
    main(id)