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authorGravatar Antti Korpimäki2021-10-01 16:44:24 +0200
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Simple X11 keylogger.
- - Simple output format: one line on `stdout` per key event.
- - Simple to audit: Short single file of modern C.
+ - Simple output format: One line on `stdout` per key event.
+ - Simple to audit: One short file of modern C.
- Simple to run: Does not need `sudo`.
## Examples
### Keypresses only
-Given no flags, `xkbcat` prints only keypresses, one per line. Here's the
+Given no options, `xkbcat` prints only keypresses, one per line. Here's the
output when I type "Hi":
Shift_L
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ package.
## Usage
-Flags you can pass (all optional):
+Options you can pass (all optional):
- `-display <display>`: set target X display (default `:0`)
- `-up`: also prepend key-ups (default: don't)
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ Then just use your computer as usual. Interrupt signal (`C-c`) to quit.
### Programs for logging other X11 events
- - [xinput][6] invoked as `xinput --test-xi2 --root` logs everything; even
- mouse movements and clicks, and touchpad stuff. Its output is very
- comprehensive, but harder to parse.
+ - [xinput][6] invoked as `xinput --test-xi2 --root` logs everything
+ input-related; even mouse movements and clicks, and touchpad stuff. Its
+ output is very comprehensive, but harder to parse.
- If you need to log X11 events more generally, various protocol monitoring
programs are listed in the [X11 debugging guide][7].