debian man page for input-kbd

INPUT-KBD(8)															      INPUT-KBD(8)

NAME
       input-kbd - print or modify keyboard maps for input devices

SYNOPSIS
       input-kbd num

       input-kbd  [-f file] devnr

DESCRIPTION
       input-kbd prints the keyboard map of kernel input device devnr on stdout.  The keyboard map maps scancodes to keycodes.

       If the device supports a keyboard map, it is printed in the following format (from the output for an AT keyboard):

		      0x0001 =	67  # KEY_F9
		      0x0002 =	65  # KEY_F7
		      0x0003 =	63  # KEY_F5
		      0x0004 =	61  # KEY_F3

       If the device does not support a keyboard map, input-kbd just lists the keys and buttons supported by the device, like this (for a mouse):

		      bits: BTN_LEFT
		      bits: BTN_RIGHT
		      bits: BTN_MIDDLE

OPTIONS
       devnr  The index of the input device to use (0 for /dev/input/event0 and so on).

       -f file
	      Read  a  keyboard map from a file and reconfigure the device with this map.  The map file uses the same format as the output of this
	      command.	Key names are also accepted instead of keycodes, like this:

		   0x0001 = KEY_F9

AUTHOR
       Gerd Knorr.

								     July 2005							      INPUT-KBD(8)