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xdotool

Simulate X11 keyboard/mouse input programmatically; can read arbitrary files.

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xdotool
xdotool

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

security.privilege-escalation.shell

Contract

Outputs

process.output

Command execution output

Side effects: process_spawn

Workflow Edges

Produces

process.output

Resource Profile

ResourceValue
CPUlow
Memory16 MB
Networknone
Disk I/Olow

Examples

Spawn an interactive shell (sudo, suid, unprivileged)

xdotool exec --sync /bin/sh

Documentation

xdotool

xdotool is a command-line utility. Programmatically simulate X11 keyboard/mouse input; can also spawn an interactive shell.

References