xdotool
brew install xdotool
v4.20260303.1
BSD-3-Clause
Fake keyboard/mouse input and window management for X
171
30-day installs · #2779
530
90-day · #2834
2.0k
365-day · #2838
Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/
- Brew formula source: Formula/x/xdotool.rb
Caveats
You will probably want to enable XTEST in your X11 server now by running: defaults write org.x.X11 enable_test_extensions -boolean true For the source of this useful hint: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1264210/does-mac-x11-have-the-xtest-extension
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