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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # requires bash 4+ (for associative arrays) | |
| # description: convert text to keystrokes and send to a Virtualbox machine via VBoxManage | |
| # (when guest additions are not an option, for adding ssh-keys and such, it is quite slow) | |
| # usage: ./type $1 $2 | |
| # $1: virtual machine name | |
| # $2: text to type | |
| # example: ./type CoreOS "Hello World!" | |
| declare -A keys | |
| result=() | |
| # Decimal scan codes for key down press | |
| # ref: https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes-1.html | |
| keys=( | |
| ["1!"]=2 | |
| ["2@"]=3 | |
| ["3#"]=4 | |
| ["4$"]=5 | |
| ["5%"]=6 | |
| ["6^"]=7 | |
| ["7&"]=8 | |
| ["8*"]=9 | |
| ["9("]=10 | |
| ["0)"]=11 | |
| ["-_"]=12 | |
| ["=+"]=13 | |
| ["qQ"]=16 | |
| ["wW"]=17 | |
| ["eE"]=18 | |
| ["rR"]=19 | |
| ["tT"]=20 | |
| ["yY"]=21 | |
| ["uU"]=22 | |
| ["iI"]=23 | |
| ["oO"]=24 | |
| ["pP"]=25 | |
| ["[{"]=26 | |
| ["]}"]=27 | |
| ["aA"]=30 | |
| ["sS"]=31 | |
| ["dD"]=32 | |
| ["fF"]=33 | |
| ["gG"]=34 | |
| ["hH"]=35 | |
| ["jJ"]=36 | |
| ["kK"]=37 | |
| ["lL"]=38 | |
| [";:"]=39 | |
| ["'\""]=40 | |
| ["zZ"]=44 | |
| ["xX"]=45 | |
| ["cC"]=46 | |
| ["vV"]=47 | |
| ["bB"]=48 | |
| ["nN"]=49 | |
| ["mM"]=50 | |
| [",<"]=51 | |
| [".>"]=52 | |
| ["/?"]=53 | |
| ["\`~"]=41 | |
| ["\\|"]=43 | |
| [" "]=57 | |
| ) | |
| vm="$1" | |
| text="$2" | |
| for ((i = 0; i < ${#text}; i++)); | |
| do | |
| letter="${text:$i:1}" | |
| for scancode in "${!keys[@]}"; | |
| do | |
| if [[ $letter == "${scancode:0:1}" ]]; | |
| then | |
| result+=( "${keys[$scancode]}" ) | |
| result+=( "$((${keys[$scancode]} + 128))" ) | |
| fi | |
| if [[ $letter == "${scancode:1:1}" ]]; | |
| then | |
| # press shift | |
| result+=( "42" ) | |
| result+=( "${keys[$scancode]}" ) | |
| result+=( "$((${keys[$scancode]} + 128))" ) | |
| # lift shift | |
| result+=( "170" ) | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| done | |
| for decimal in "${result[@]}"; | |
| do | |
| hex_result="$(printf '%02x ' "$decimal")" | |
| VBoxManage controlvm $vm keyboardputscancode $hex_result | |
| done |
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