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macOS command-line tools you might not know about

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2039 points Gadiguibou | 1 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.312s | source
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karmakaze ◴[27 Jun 23 13:09 UTC] No.36492186[source]▶
Another good one is 'hidutil' which can remap any keys without additional software. It's handy for things like remapping CapsLock to anything, etc. For actual full keyboard layouts though I'd use Ukelele[0].

[0] https://software.sil.org/ukelele

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ris58h ◴[27 Jun 23 15:08 UTC] No.36493963[source]▶
There is a helper tool for hidutil https://hidutil-generator.netlify.app/

> It's handy for things like remapping CapsLock to anything

It's a built-in MacOS feature that you can find in the keyboard settings.

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varenc ◴[28 Jun 23 09:02 UTC] No.36504047[source]▶
“to anything” is the key difference. MacOS only lets you remap it to other control keys.
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1. ris58h ◴[28 Jun 23 17:57 UTC] No.36510127[source]▶
Yeah, I've missed that part.