Is it possible to bind a shell script to a key press

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I used xev to find the key code for fn-f5 and came up with a little script to toggle the bluetooth on or off. My question is whether it's possible to bind fn-f5 (keycode 246) to my shell script (bttoggle) using, preferably, xmodmap.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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Not with xmodmap, which only changes keyboard mappings (what symbols should be produced by what keys). Binding a command to a key combination is task for the window manager (since that is usually the application that receives all X events) - hence it depends on what environment are you using. See Gilles answer at Mapping key combination with xmodmap.

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answered Mar 19 '13 at 23:40

peterph

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Thanks then. But then this is entirely possible to do with xbindkeys, no? – MiguelHawk Mar 19 '13 at 23:43
Should be, but I haven't tried that. :) – peterph Mar 19 '13 at 23:44

Is it possible to bind a shell script to a key press

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