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How to swap CAPS LOCK with Ctrl in Gnome via gsettings
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If you want the physical Control key to become Caps Lock, run this:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['ctrl:swapcaps']"

To undo changes, run this:

gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options
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