keypress

Command line keystroke pipeline for Windows

• keypress reads text from standard input

  echo hello world | keypress

• text represents virtual keys

Three types

Literal text

echo hello world | keypress

Bracket Expressions

echo {TAB}{DOWN}{UP}| keypress

Chords

echo #r|keypress

Reference: Chords and Buttons

^   Holds CTRL for next key
#   Holds Windows button for next key
!   Holds ALT for next key
+   Hold shift for next key

{LBUTTON}
{RBUTTON}
{CANCEL}
{MBUTTON}
{XBUTTON1}
{XBUTTON2}
{BACK}
{TAB}
{CLEAR}
{RETURN}
{SHIFT}
{CONTROL}
{MENU}
{PAUSE}
{CAPITAL}
{KANA}
{HANGUEL}
{HANGUL}
{JUNJA}
{FINAL}
{KANJI}
{ESCAPE}
{CONVERT}
{NONCONVERT}
{ACCEPT}
{MODECHANGE}
{SPACE}
{PRIOR}
{NEXT}
{END}
{HOME}
{LEFT}
{UP}
{RIGHT}
{DOWN}
{SELECT}
{PRINT}
{EXECUTE}
{SNAPSHOT}
{INSERT}
{DELETE}
{HELP}
{LWIN}
{RWIN}
{APPS}
{SLEEP}
{NUMPAD0}
{NUMPAD1}
{NUMPAD2}
{NUMPAD3}
{NUMPAD4}
{NUMPAD5}
{NUMPAD6}
{NUMPAD7}
{NUMPAD8}
{NUMPAD9}
{MULTIPLY}
{ADD}
{SEPARATOR}
{SUBTRACT}
{DECIMAL}
{DIVIDE}
{F1}
{F2}
{F3}
{F4}
{F5}
{F6}
{F7}
{F8}
{F9}
{F10}
{F11}
{F12}
{F13}
{F14}
{F15}
{F16}
{F17}
{F18}
{F19}
{F20}
{F21}
{F22}
{F23}
{F24}
{NUMLOCK}
{SCROLL}
{LSHIFT}
{RSHIFT}
{LCONTROL}
{RCONTROL}
{LMENU}
{RMENU}
{BROWSER_BACK}
{BROWSER_FORWARD}
{BROWSER_REFRESH}
{BROWSER_STOP}
{BROWSER_SEARCH}
{BROWSER_FAVORITES}
{BROWSER_HOME}
{VOLUME_MUTE}
{VOLUME_DOWN}
{VOLUME_UP}
{MEDIA_NEXT_TRACK}
{MEDIA_PREV_TRACK}
{MEDIA_STOP}
{MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE}
{LAUNCH_MAIL}
{LAUNCH_MEDIA_SELECT}
{LAUNCH_APP1}
{LAUNCH_APP2}
{OEM_1}
{OEM_PLUS}
{OEM_COMMA}
{OEM_MINUS}
{OEM_PERIOD}
{OEM_2}
{OEM_3}
{OEM_4}
{OEM_5}
{OEM_6}
{OEM_7}
{OEM_8}
{OEM_102}
{PROCESSKEY}
{PACKET}
{ATTN}
{CRSEL}
{EXSEL}
{EREOF}
{PLAY}
{ZOOM}