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Linux Desktop Automation
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(189 ratings)
39,280 students

Linux Desktop Automation

Use Bash Scripting to Automate the Desktop
Created byPeter A
Last updated 8/2023
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What you'll learn

  • How to automate the Linux Desktop with Bash Scripting
  • Control X Windows over SSH
  • Control any Linux Desktop with a Bash Script
  • How to script the mouse and keyboard input
  • How to search desktop windows and click them

Course content

4 sections • 11 lectures • 43m total length

  • Introduction0:10
  • Ready?
  • Automate Mousepad with Bash Script6:34

    Use a bash script to automate mousepad by activating the window and typing text with xdotool. Handle spaces with quotes, add new lines, and manage the save prompt.

  • Mouse control with Bash5:04
  • Multiple Windows5:48

    Activate and resize multiple windows with window ideas, loop over them, and use visible flags; raise or minimize windows to demonstrate multi window management in Linux desktop automation.

  • Quiz 1

Requirements

  • Prior experience with Bash scripting
  • Access to the Linux Desktop (X Windows, not Wayland)

Description

Learn how to automate your Linux desktop with Bash scripting.  This includes moving the mouse, windows, clicking around or even login to systems remotely (over ssh) and take over the desktop all from a bash script.

Do you want to move your bash scripting to the next level and automate the Linux desktop? enroll today!


Who this course is for:

  • Linux users that want to automate their Desktop with Bash scripts
  • Intermediate Linux users

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