ubuntu 12.40 get mouse position from SSH

Question

i need to obtain the position (x,y) of pointer, but i need this from external connection (SSH). In desktop, works with this:

xdotool getmouselocation

But when i run the command from SSH (remote), giveme the error:

Error: Can't open display: (null)

Thanks.

Answer 1

Enable X11 forwarding using the ssh -X flag.

Answer 2

export DISPLAY=:0.0 && xdotool getmouselocation

Just export display