I often need to print the current date in lots of different programs. Right now, I always type it per hand which is error prone.I'm using KDE 4.8, and it has customisable keyboard shortcuts. For example, it is possible to create keyboard shortcuts that print out a predefined string.But is it somehow possible to print out the output of some executable to the keyboard?
In KDE, how can I create a custom keyboard shortcut that prints the current date?
kde;keyboard shortcuts;date
I don't use KDE (I use Gnome), but this may help:You'll need a program called xte from the xautomation package.Create a bash script with this in it:#!/bin/bashxte str `date +%D`Save it and make it executable.Create a keyboard shortcut in KDE that launches your script.Now all you have to do is type your keyboard shortcut in any program and it will type out the date for you!EDIT: If you have trouble getting this to work (like I had), try adding a short delay before the script runs xte:#!/bin/bashsleep 0.3xte str `date +%D`