#!/bin/bash ################################## # Script to disable CapsLock # # # # Author: q3aql@protonmail.ch # ################################## # Variables xmodmap_config_dir=/tmp/.disable-capslock xmodmap_config_file=${xmodmap_config_dir}/capslock.key # Check dir and create/restore config mkdir -p ${xmodmap_config_dir} if [ -f ${xmodmap_config_file} ] ; then echo "* Restoring original function of CapsLock..." sleep 2 restore_key=$(cat ${xmodmap_config_file}) xmodmap -e "keycode ${restore_key} = Caps_Lock" rm -rf ${xmodmap_config_file} echo "* Restored!" else echo "* Creating mapping of CapsLock to Shift..." sleep 2 capslock_key_detect=$(xmodmap -pke | grep Caps_Lock | tr -s " " | grep keycode | head -1 | cut -d " " -f 2) echo ${capslock_key_detect} > ${xmodmap_config_file} xmodmap -e "keycode ${capslock_key_detect} = Shift_L" echo "* Created!" fi