Re: Request for guidance to output(print, i.e.) mouse movements, key press, perepherals insert, etc., on a terminal

[David <bouncingcats@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 at 05:18, Susmita/Rajib <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> >From these questions, found evemu, but this isn't available in Debian.
> Only on freedesktop. But an alternative is available: evemu-tools. But
> Debian manpages doesn't have an evemu-tools entry.
>
> Raed the manual of evtest. There are very little
> example code lines. evtest isn't installed in the Official Debian
> GNU/Linux Live 11.6.0 lxde 2022-12-17T11:46.
>
> Tthe package information was raed for evtest. evtest according to
> Debian is only being maintained. Advised that it was better to look for
> evemu.
>
> >From the package repository, it was found that evemu have separate
> manpages, each for:
> evemu-describe
> evemu-device
> evemu-event
> evemu-play
> evemu-record
>
> I read the man pages and tried:
> evemu-describe /dev/input/eventX
> For my laptop.
>
> Could I please be advised on how to:
> (1)  monitor event0 (keyboard), event6 (external USB optical mouse) real time?
>
> (2)  If there is a way to monitor mouse-clicks or keystroke, i.e., the
> two events, in real time, without a script or a programming language
> like c or python?

Use an internet search engine like google or duckduckgo to
search for "using evemu-tools" and click on any of the first
five results.