Show keys pressed in Linux [closed]

In Windows there is a program called Keyboard Jedi that shows what keys are pressed on the keyboard.

Is there an equivalent for Linux?

Solution 1:

Others have mentioned xev, which is good when you're running X11. When you're at the console, however, showkey is what you want.

And if you’re at an SSH session or a real terminal, you can use /usr/lib/ncurses/examples/demo_altkeys (available in Debian in the ncurses-examples package).

Note that xev for "a" gives 38, while showkey for "a" gives 30, because xev reports scancodes, whereas showkey by default reports keycodes.

Solution 2:

Also screenkey, a screencast tool that displays keys being pressed on-screen.

Solution 3:

There is the xev program for graphic mode - see the man page of xev.

On Ubuntu/Debian it is packed into the x11-utils package.

Solution 4:

If you are looking for something that graphically shows you what key is pressed currently (perhaps for the corner of a screencast), key-mon might be the ticket.