How to send keystrokes to Chrome in Ubuntu?

Question

I would like my computer to press the Esc key every 2 minutes. How can I do this? With and app or shell script or otherwise?

Rinzwind · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-28 15:24:15Z

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You could use xdotool

while true; do
   xdotool key Escape
   sleep 120
done

You can specify a window with the --window option

edited Aug 28 '11 at 15:24

Rinzwind
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answered Aug 28 '11 at 15:17

danjjl
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	PERFECT! Thanks! – Martin Zeltin Aug 28 '11 at 15:26
	Brilliant! I didn't know about that one :) – Jo-Erlend Schinstad Aug 28 '11 at 15:33

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