If you intend to use xinput then you will need to take a minimum of 2 readings for the mouse......
......which will give the results:
And the second take:
You will then need to compare the two strings for a difference and VOILA you have detected the mouse movement.
As OSX 10.14.1 does NOT have xinput I have once again rebooted to Linux Mint to help.
It is all up to you now to create your bash script to do the task you want.
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