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	* This is for creating a SH script and is for the X window system (Linux, BSD, Unix, etc). Not Windows. Don't use Windows.		* This is for creating a SH script and is for the X window system (Linux, BSD, Unix, etc). Not Windows. Don't use Windows.
	* Requires the xclip program		* Requires the '''<tt>xclip</tt>''' program. To install (on apt-based Linux distros in this example):<br><pre>sudo apt-get install xclip</pre>
	* Requires the xdotool program		* Requires the '''<tt>xdotool</tt>''' program. To install (on apt-based Linux distros in this example):<br><pre>sudo apt-get install xdotool</pre>

	#!/bin/sh		#!/bin/sh

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If you're like me and refuse to manually type anything, you might appreciate this trick. If you ever have to interface with a program or system that doesn't support pasting text from the clipboard but only supports typing keys (such as a virtual machine console, VNC, or KVM software):
Notes:
* This is for creating a SH script and is for the X window system (Linux, BSD, Unix, etc). Not Windows. Don't use Windows.
* Requires the xclip program
* Requires the xdotool program

#!/bin/sh

# Get the contents of the X clipboard with:
TEXT="$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)"

# Sleep 5 seconds before sending keys. During this period, give the application's window focus so that it will receive the keystrokes
echo Sleeping 5 seconds before sending keys...
sleep 5

# Send the keystrokes
xdotool type --delay 100 "$TEXT"

If the keys are typed too fast for the program to catch up (maybe you're typing into a serial program running at a low baud rate), you can increase the delay value from '''100''' to '''500''' (milliseconds) with '''--delay 500'''.
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I set up a global hotkey with my window manager to run the above script.

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Jeremy at 04:28, 6 February 2021

Jeremy: Created page with "If you're like me and refuse to manually type anything, you might appreciate this trick. If you ever have to interface with a program or system that doesn't support pasting te..."