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Turn on and off a libinput device.
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touchpad_toggle.sh
# the above works with synaps driver
DEV="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
# DEV="Synaptics TM3053-006"
toggle_touchpad () {
local enabled=`xinput list-props "$DEV" | awk '/Device Enabled/{ print $4 }'`
case "$enabled" in
0) xinput enable "$DEV"
;;
1) xinput disable "$DEV"
;;
*) echo "ERROR toggle touchpad, bad status '$enabled'" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
}
toggle_touchpad
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