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04-22-2008

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Controlling GUI from Shell Script

Hi Everybody,

I'm trying to create a script that will launch firefox from a bash shell in ubuntu and perform certain tasks.
Why does it have to be a script? Because this firefox must eventually run in a server with xvfb (no gnome, no kde), so I will not have access to it through the GUI.
At this point I'm testing on a gnome desktop, so far launching firefox is no problem, additionally I've figured out how to perform all of the commands I need from the keyboard by means of tabs, control and alt key combinations.
My questions are:
1. How do I script tabs, control-key and alt-key combinations in the first place?
2. How do I script these so that they apply to the particular instance of firefox that was just launched?

Any help / samples will be greatly appreciated

Last edited by rummage_bin; 04-23-2008 at 12:05 AM..

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