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/usr/bin/xkbcli

keyboard handling library

From libxkbcommon 1.13.2-r4 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running xkbcli --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: xkbcli [--help|-h] [--version|-V] <command> [<args>]

Global options:
  -h, --help ...... show this help and exit
  -V, --version ... show version information and exit
Commands:
  info
    Print information about libxkbcommon configuration

  list
    List available rules, models, layouts, variants and options

  interactive
    Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps; automatically select from    the following backends, if available: Wayland, X11 and evdev.

  interactive-wayland
    Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for Wayland

  interactive-x11
    Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for X11

  interactive-evdev
    Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for evdev

  dump-keymap
    Dump an XKB keymap from a Wayland or X11 compositor

  dump-keymap-wayland
    Dump an XKB keymap from a Wayland compositor

  dump-keymap-x11
    Dump an XKB keymap from an X server

  compile-keymap
    Compile an XKB keymap

  compile-compose
    Compile a Compose file

  how-to-type
    Print key sequences to type a Unicode codepoint
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
--helpPrint help and exitman
--versionPrint the version and exitman
Exit status (3) from the manual page
0exited successfully
1an error occured
2program was called with invalid arguments

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