Detect mouse click in bash script

Question

I am wondering how to run a bash script in the background, which will do something (for example, run a script or command or something else) whenever the user clicks on the mouse. I would like this to continue even if the terminal is closed. Any ideas? Thank!

Answer 1

If you use X11, you can try xdotoolto catch mouse events

It will be something like:

xdotool search --onlyvisible . behave %@ mouse-click getmouselocation

xdotool manual

If you want to run the script in the background, you can use:

./myscript.sh &>/dev/null &

Answer 2

bash xterm ( ), :

$ echo -e "\e[?1000h"

$ while read -n 6; do echo hellowworld; done

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Answer 3

To keep the script running even when closing the terminal, you can try nohup .