Quick script to periodically move the mouse. Many uses, such as avoiding Suspend to RAM Timeout, or more realistically keep status set to active while working from home 😉

keep-mouse-movin.sh

# The mouse pointer will move around its current position on the screen, i.e. around any position
# on the screen where you place the pointer. However, if you prefer it to move around the centre
# of the screen then change mousemove_relative to mousemove in the xdotool command below.

# LENGTH is the amount of px the mouse will move
# 0 = not moving at all, 1 = tiny movement, 100 = giant movement
LENGTH=50

# DELAY os the number of seconds, between movements
DELAY=5

while true
    do
        for ANGLE in 0 90 180 270
	    do
	        xdotool mousemove_relative --polar $ANGLE $LENGTH
		sleep $DELAY
	        done
	done