linux-event-triggers 1.0.0

Run shell commands on Linux input device events; grab the device so X stops seeing them

linux-event-triggers

Run certain triggers when a linux event file received an event. Prevent other processes from receiving the event.

AI-generated and unreviewed.

Alternatives and prior work

kbd can remap keys for keyboards. It also supports command to run commands. I already used kbd as a separate device and didn't want to mix up another device and activity in this.

triggerhappy basically does the same thing as this program. However, when running in non-daemon mode it does not seem able to grab the event (or so claude says) and I don't really want to mess around with daemons.

Installation

pipx install linux-event-triggers

Usage

Print when a is clicked, use sudo to own the device.

evtrig $DEVICE --chown --bind "a=echo hello"

Where $DEVICE is an event device. Note that you can use udevadm to find a fixed path for the event - indexed by the usb device name rather that event*.

--chown use sudo to take ownership of the event file. By using the fixed filename.