DevOps-Bash-tools/applescript/keystrokes.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#  vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et
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#  Author: Hari Sekhon
#  Date: 2020-06-14 17:16:31 +0100 (Sun, 14 Jun 2020)
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set -euo pipefail
[ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x
srcdir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"

# shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
. "$srcdir/../lib/utils.sh"

usage(){
    if [ -n "$*" ]; then
        echo "usage error: $*" >&2
        echo >&2
    fi
    echo "
Automates Keyboard strokes to automate tedious UI actions

Performs N keyboard key code presses

    https://eastmanreference.com/complete-list-of-applescript-key-codes

Sleeps for \$SLEEP_SECS (default: 1) between clicks to allow UIs to update and perform the next keystroke

Starts each keystroke after \$START_DELAYS seconds (default: 5) to give time to alt-tab back to your UI application and position the cursor

${0##*/} <num> [<keycode> <keycode> <keycode> ...]"
    exit 3
}

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
    usage
fi

num="$1"
start_delay="${START_DELAY:-5}"
sleep_secs="${SLEEP_SECS:-1}"

if ! [[ "$num" =~ ^[[:digit:]]+$ ]]; then
    usage "invalid non-integer '$num' given for first argument"
fi

if ! [[ "$sleep_secs" =~ ^[[:digit:]]+(\.[[:digit:]]+)?$ ]]; then
    usage "invalid non-float '$SLEEP_SECS' found in environment for \$SLEEP_SECS"
fi

shift || :

read -r -a keys <<< "$@"

timestamp "waiting for $start_delay secs before starting"
sleep "$start_delay"
timestamp "starting $num keystrokes"
echo

for i in $(seq "$num"); do
    for key in "${keys[@]}"; do
        if [[ "$key" =~ ^[[:digit:]][[:digit:]]+$ ]]; then
            timestamp "keystroke $i keycode $key"
            osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to key code $key"
        else
            timestamp "keystroke $i key $key"
            osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"$key\""
        fi
        sleep "$sleep_secs.$RANDOM"  # add $RANDOM up to 1 second jitter to make it harder to spot that this is perfectly automated clicking
    done
done