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script for an udev rule to fix layout for a specific barcodereader
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fix_barcode_layout.sh
#!/bin/bash
usbkbd=`xinput -list | grep -c "USBKey Chip USBKey Module"`
if [[ "$usbkbd" -gt 0 ]]
then
usbkbd_ids=`xinput -list | grep "USBKey Chip USBKey Module" | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | cut -c 1-2`
usbkbd_layout="us"
for ID in $usbkbd_ids
do
setxkbmap -device "${ID}" -layout "${usbkbd_layout}"
done
fi
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