Running xdetool with "at" command

[unckybob]

I am trying to send a "space" to a google chrome window running pandora. I want it to wake me up in the morning. I have a short file called "test" containing the following:

sleep 2
xdotool key space

If I just run:

# bash test

or

# sh test

at the terminal and make the chrome window active a "space" is sent to the chrome window and it pauses. But I can't seem to make it work using the "at" command. The command:

# at now +1 min < test

doesn't do anything to the chrome window. Also I've tried:

# at now +2 min
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> bash Mouse_Programming.txt
at> ^D

and

# at now +1 min
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> xdetool key space
at> ^D

and that doesn't do anything either. Can someone please help?

[erind]

'at' command runs in a limited environment and the DISPLAY variable is not set, so xdotool does not have a terminal to send the command to. Edit your script test.sh like so:


#!/bin/bash

export DISPLAY=:0.0
sleep 2
xdotool key space
Running it as:


$ at now +1 min < test.shCheck this thread for a similar situation:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=608212&page=2

[unckybob]

That did it! Hurrah! Thanks so much. When I get further along in shell programming I'll probably figure out why. Awesome!