xvkbd quick reference

x virtual keyboard common commands


#get window id
b=$(xwininfo -name Update\ Manager | grep Window\ id:\ | awk '{print $4}') 

#repeat task with for loop

 for i in `seq 1 100`;
        do
                echo $i
                xvkbd -xsendevent -window $b -text "\[Down]"
                 #send keys to apps
                xvkbd -xsendevent -window $b -text "\r"

                sleep 1


        done    

comment:not working- to uncheck all updades in update-manager just use right click

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The string can contain:

• \r - Return
• \t - Tab
• \b - Backspace
• \e - Escape
• \d - Delete
• \S - Shift (modify the next character; please note that modify with ``\S'' will be ignored in many cases. For example, ``a\Cb\ScD\CE'' will be interpreted as a, Control-b, c, Shift-D, and Control-Shift-E.)
• \C - Control (modify the next character)
• \A - Alt (modify the next character)
• \M - Meta (modify the next character)
• \[keysym] - the keysym keysym (e.g., \[Left])
• \Ddigit - delay digit * 100 ms
• \xvalue - move mouse pointer (use "+" or "-" for relative motion)
• \yvalue - move mouse pointer (use "+" or "-" for relative motion)
• \mdigit - simulate click of the specified mouse button