This tool lets you programatically (or manually) simulate keyboard input
and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11's
XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.
The xdotool users mailing list is: xdotool-users@googlegroups.com
I'll be announcing new versions on this mailing list. Additionally, if you
want help or want to contribute patches to xdotool, the mailing list is a
good place to go.
- xlib (pkg-config xlib) - Standard Xlib library
- xtst (pkg-config xtest) - XTEST library
xdotool-20080720.tar.gz
Looking for older versions?
Check the archive.
'make xdotool'
If the build fails, it might be because you don't have the required
libraries and header files installed. You will need to set install them,
and if you don't have pkg-config for x11 and xtst, set DEFAULT_LIBS and
DEFAULT_INC (see the Makefile) correctly.
Basic usage is:
xdotool <cmd> <args>
Read the documentation here
WID=`xdotool search "Mozilla Firefox" | head -1`
xdotool windowfocus $WID
xdotool key ctrl+l
WIDS=`xdotool search --onlyvisible --name "gnome-terminal"`
for id in $WIDS; do
xdotool windowsize $id 500 500
done