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How is autokey scripting similar to shell scripting?


Asked by Dylan Molina on Dec 11, 2021 Shell - An example of programming



The following is a walk-through of the creation of a script from beginning to end. Autokey scripting is very much like shell scripting, in that you build them one line at a time, using variables and functions (or in this case methods) to get the desired result.
Indeed,
AutoKey does not work with AutoHotKey definitions and scripts. They will have to be rewritten. I did write a proof of concept bash script (available upon request) which translates AutoHotKey phrases into AutoKey phrases, but it is only a starting point and ignores most of AutoHotKey's options.
Keeping this in consideration, Shell scripts are similar to the batch file in MS-DOS. Each shell script is saved with.sh file extension eg. myscript.sh A shell script have syntax just like any other programming language. If you have any prior experience with any programming language like Python, C/C++ etc. it would be very easy to get started with it.
Just so,
Working with Shell Scripting 1 Create a shell script a file using a vi editor or any other editor. Give the file name with extension .sh 2 Start the script with #! /bin/sh 3 Write the required code and save file. 4 execute the script file by type bash file.sh
Also,
A shell script have syntax just like any other programming language. If you have any prior experience with any programming language like Python, C/C++ etc. it would be very easy to get started with it. Shell Keywords – if, else, break etc. Shell commands – cd, ls, echo, pwd, touch etc.