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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hello everybody,
I am using Windows 10 and cygwin/bash.
I need to write a script in bash which simulates opening of a program and then press some keys such as F5, ENTER and ALT+F4.
I have written a VBScript which does the job
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a bash loop that waits for a single key press, then does $something depending on what $key is pressed before refreshing the screen with updated data. The problem I have is that the script will store additional key presses and chain them together causing the screen to redraw and the script... (1 Reply)
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3. Programming
Hey guys,
I'm looking for a solution to simulate a key-combo (tab+q) inside an amiga-emulator. I've tried it with uinput and python without any success.
Any help would be great.
Cheers
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I've been trying to re-think an old problem that didn't get answered. I know this is possible, but I'm having trouble getting it to run. I just want to call a function with a key-press or key combination. I looked and saw bind can be used to run functions and other scripts this way. Here's what... (2 Replies)
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5. Programming
Hi
i need to get the key pressed from the keyboard without focus on the application.
i work under CentOS 5.5 with QtC++ 4.7 and Python Script (0 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm sorry if this has already been posted somewhere but I can't seem to find it on the forums (or anywhere on google :( )
I am writing a script where a user must enter a single character to perform an action.
For example, Press Q to Quit or R to Refresh
Basically I am stuggling... (5 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
New user here, I have googled this but found nothing that helps me.
I have a file of data and want to display it to a user from within a "frame/window/screen" that allows the user to pageup/pagedown through the data.
I can do this mostly, but I cannot detect the pressing of the... (6 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to run this code from script.
mysqladmin -u root --password='******' --socket=/tmp/mysql.sock drop ROAD_HAULAGE_TEMP
Though it does what i want it asks for me to click 'y' then enter. This is not appropriate because i want it to run from cron. Can i get mysqladmin to drop a... (1 Reply)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Yo,
I program Unix for fun- except when editing my website removed by reborg - and wanted to learn how to track, trap, and use to my advantage a user keypress. I know there is a built-in JS function that can do that, but Javascript is a client-side language, therefore not usable in Unix, and... (2 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
How can I trap a character press in the shell script.
For eg:- I have a script runinng a infinite loops , I will need to dispay menu asking for run process of to stop process and process stauts like we do in glance
I have seen the traping the signal in glance command, (8 Replies)
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