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There is previous similar question but solution there didn't work for me in Ubuntu 16.04. I mean:
gkbd-keyboard-display -l us,intl
The commands below work but I want to be able to specify which layout variant not just basic layout or current one.
gkbd-keyboard-display -l us
gkbd-keyboard-display -g 1
Well, found the trick after trying the GUI then watch which command it is launching.
~$ ps aux | grep gkbd
user 4158 0.2 3.5 470116 27048 ? Sl 14:06 0:00 gkbd-keyboard-display -l us?intl
user 4178 0.0 0.1 21296 928 pts/11 S+ 14:07 0:00 grep --color=auto gkbd
~$ pgrep -a gkbd
4158 gkbd-keyboard-display -l us intl
~$ pgrep -a gkbd | hexdump -c
0000000 2 3 7 0 g k b d - k e y b o a
0000010 r d - d i s p l a y - l u s
0000020 \t a l t - i n t l \n
000002a
So, here is the command that works, which uses tab \t as separator:
gkbd-keyboard-display -l $'us\tintl'
gkbd-keyboard-display -l 'us(inlt)'would or could work. Or usexkbprint -lg 1 -color "$DISPLAY" - | ps2pdf - > keybord_layout-grp-1.pdfget a PDF of the current layout. To change the layout temorary, usesetxkbmap, see manual page for options.