Osascript keycodes for arrow keys

Question

I'm trying to call osascript in Python to simulate key presses with something like this:

cmd = """
    osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "e"'
    """
os.system(cmd)

How can I send key presses for the up/down/left/right arrow keys?

Sorry, that's not what I was asking. This command works I am just trying to figure out the keycode for the arrow keys. — user2827595, Sep 29 '13 at 20:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 29 '13 at 20:17

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Key codes for the arrow keys: left - 123 right - 124 down - 125 up - 126

answered Sep 29 '13 at 20:17

user2827595

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Correct in principle, but you must formulate like this: … to key code 125 ( = w/o double quotes!) – clemsam lang Nov 05 '18 at 17:10

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