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Switch layout of keyboard in X11
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ext_keyboard_layout.sh
#!/bin/bash
#
# switch keyboardlayout of my external cherry keyboard to german layout
#
set -e
DEV_NAME="HID 046a:0023"
LAYOUT="at"
DEV_ID=`xinput list --id-only "keyboard:$DEV_NAME"`
exec setxkbmap -device $DEV_ID -layout $LAYOUT
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