Ubuntu shell utility to check if the modifier key is pressed down

Question

Is there any shell utility in Ubuntu which can define if the modifier key (Ctrl, Shift, Super, Alt) is pressed down on the moment when i run it?

nameless · Answer 1 · 2013-01-30T00:13:34.013

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There is the xev utility which prints information about X events (including keypress events). It's available if you're running X11.

edited Jan 30 '13 at 00:13

answered Jan 30 '13 at 00:04

nameless

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '13 at 00:17

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Use showkey. Manpage is here.

answered Jan 30 '13 at 00:17

David

`showkey` works fine, but you've got to use it with `-a` argument because without, - it requires the root privileges. – KhaimovMR Apr 10 '23 at 05:47

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