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print to gedit whit xdotool

I want to read the content of a text file, copy it to the clipboard (if it is not empty) and then paste to the gedit window where the mouse cursor is positioned.

Here is my script:

while true
do
  if [ -s textfile ]
  then
    cat textfile | xclip -selection clipboard
    xdotool key --clearmodifiers Control_L+v
    truncate -s 0 textfile
  fi
done

All works except xdotool:

  • If i press manually CTRL+v it paste correctly.
  • If i run xev i can see that xdotool send the correct keyboard events, but nothing happen.

I have tried some other commands, like:

  • xdotool key ctrl+v
  • xdotool type $(xclip -selection clipboard -o)
  • xdotool getactivewindow type $(xclip -selection clipboard -o), that gives me the error XGetWindowProperty[_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW] failed (code=1)
  • sleep 1 && xdotool key Control_L+v

No Luck.

Can someone help me?

Solution

  • I solved, the problem was that Libx11-dev was missing. Once the library was installed, the script worked correctly.