.TH inputs 1

'''

.SH NAME

\fBinputs\fR \- list input devices

'''

.SH SYNOPSIS

.IP "\fBinputs\fR [\fB-a\fR]" 4

List all input devices [and their capabilities].

.IP "\fBinputs\fR \fIeventN\fR \fIeventN\fR ..." 4

List event capabilities for given devices.

.IP "\fBinputs\fR \fB-r\fR \fIeventN\fR" 4

Read and dump events from a given device.

'''

.SH DESCRIPTION

This tool lists input event devices along with their human-readable names

and the events each device can generate. Its purpose is figuring out how

physical devices map onto Linux device nodes and which event codes get

generated in response to certain actions.

'''

.SH FILES

.IP "/dev/input/event*" 4

Input devices.

'''

.SH NOTES

Reading raw input devices (\fBinputs -r\fR) usually requires root privileges.

'''

.SH SEE ALSO

\fBkeymon\fR(8), linux/include/uapi/input-event-codes.h