shell - How to get the current mouse coordinates in bash?

Shell - How to get the current mouse coordinates in bash?

Bash itself doesn't provide native support for retrieving the current mouse coordinates as it primarily deals with command-line operations. However, you can use external tools to achieve this. One popular choice is xdotool, which is a command-line tool that lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity.

Here's how you can use xdotool to get the current mouse coordinates:

#!/bin/bash # Get the mouse coordinates coords=$(xdotool getmouselocation --shell) # Extract X and Y coordinates eval "$coords" echo "X: $X, Y: $Y"

Save this script to a file (e.g., get_mouse_coordinates.sh), make it executable (chmod +x get_mouse_coordinates.sh), and then run it (./get_mouse_coordinates.sh). It will output the current X and Y coordinates of the mouse cursor on the screen.

Examples

  1. How to get current mouse coordinates using xdotool in bash

    Description: Use xdotool to get the current mouse coordinates.

    Code:

    xdotool getmouselocation --shell

  2. Using xev to get mouse coordinates in bash

    Description: Utilize xev to get mouse coordinates by tracking events in a window.

    Code:

    xev | grep -E 'MotionNotify' | awk '{print "X=" $7 " Y=" $8}'

  3. Getting mouse position with Python and bash

    Description: Use a Python script to fetch mouse coordinates and execute it from bash.

    Code:

    echo -e "import pyautogui\nprint(pyautogui.position())" > get_mouse_pos.py python3 get_mouse_pos.py

  4. Fetching mouse coordinates with xinput in bash

    Description: Use xinput to get mouse coordinates, though it's more commonly used for input device properties.

    Code:

    xinput --query-state "pointer:DeviceName" | grep -E 'valuator\['

  5. Using xwininfo to get mouse coordinates in bash

    Description: Employ xwininfo to get the coordinates of the mouse cursor within a window.

    Code:

    xwininfo -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) | grep "Absolute upper-left X\|Absolute upper-left Y"

  6. Get mouse coordinates in bash with a simple C program

    Description: Write a small C program to fetch mouse coordinates and call it from bash.

    Code:

    // mouse_coords.c #include <stdio.h> #include <X11/Xlib.h> int main() { Display *display = XOpenDisplay(NULL); Window root = DefaultRootWindow(display); XEvent event; XQueryPointer(display, root, &event.xbutton.root, &event.xbutton.window, &event.xbutton.x_root, &event.xbutton.y_root, &event.xbutton.x, &event.xbutton.y, &event.xbutton.state); printf("X=%d Y=%d\n", event.xbutton.x, event.xbutton.y); return 0; } 
    gcc -o mouse_coords mouse_coords.c -lX11 ./mouse_coords

  7. Using wmctrl and xprop to get mouse coordinates in bash

    Description: Combine wmctrl and xprop to fetch the mouse coordinates.

    Code:

    wmctrl -a :ACTIVE: xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | awk -F' ' '{print $5}' | xargs -I{} xwininfo -id {}

  8. Get mouse coordinates in a specific region using bash and xdotool

    Description: Use xdotool to get the mouse coordinates in a specific screen region.

    Code:

    xdotool mousemove 100 100 xdotool getmouselocation --shell

  9. Using bash to log mouse coordinates periodically

    Description: Create a script to log mouse coordinates every few seconds.

    Code:

    while true; do xdotool getmouselocation --shell >> mouse_log.txt sleep 5 done

  10. Fetching mouse coordinates when clicking with xev and awk in bash

    Description: Use xev to capture mouse click events and print the coordinates.

    Code:

    xev | awk '/ButtonPress event/ {getline; getline; print $0; getline; print $0}'

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