ambevar-dotfiles/.scripts/cxev

#!/bin/sh

compat=""
if [ $(awk --version | grep -c GNU) -gt 0 ]; then
	# This is for hex-to-decimal conversion.
	compat="--non-decimal"
fi
xev "$@" | awk $compat '/KeyPress|KeyRelease/ {
	if ($1 == "KeyPress")
		event="pressed";
	else
		event="released";

	getline; getline;
	state = substr($2,1,length($2)-2);
	keycode = $4;
	keysym = substr($7, 1, length($7)-2);

	printf "%-16s code=%-3s state=%s event=%-8s", keysym, keycode, state, event

	getline;
	gsub(/\(|\)/, "", $5)
	code=int(sprintf("%d", "0x" $5))
	if (code > 32 && code != 127) {
		/* Ignore non-printable characters" */
		gsub(/"/, "", $NF)
		printf " string=%s", $NF
	}
	print ""
}'