ambevar-dotfiles/.scripts/cxev

#!/bin/sh

xev | awk '/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);

	getline;
	string=$6;

	printf "%-10s: code=%-3s state=%s event=%-8s string=%s\n", keysym, keycode, state, event, string
}'