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Send text through the keyboard\n\nThis is a Windows command-line utility program, written in C#.\nIt transfers text data through the keyboard input channel.\nIt is used when the clipboard cannot be used to paste text or for simple automation scripts.\n\nExample for sending a string to the Remote Desktop Client (mstsc.exe):\n\n\u003cpre\u003ekbsend -text \"abc\" -windowTitle \"Remote Desktop Connection\"\u003c/pre\u003e\n\nExample for copying text from the clipboard to the Citrix Client:\n\n\u003cpre\u003ekbsend -clipboard -windowExe \"\\CDViewer.exe\" -charDelay 12 -lineDelay 125\u003c/pre\u003e\n\n## Parameters\n\n### Input text\n\n\u003cpre\u003e\n-text \"...\"\n   Text string passed as a parameter.\n-clipboard\n   Text is read from the clipboard.\n-file \u0026lt;fileName\u0026gt;\n   Text is read from a file.\n\u003c/pre\u003e\n\n### Target window\n\n\u003cpre\u003e\n-nextWindow\n   Moves the focus to the next window.\n   Windows Explorer windows are ignored.\n   This is the default.\n-currentWindow\n   Keeps the current focus window.\n-windowTitle \"title substring\"\n   Moves the focus to the window with the specified string in the title.\n   Case-insensitive substring search is used to compare the window titles.\n-windowExe \"exe file path substring\"\n   Moves the focus to the window with the specified string in the EXE file path.\n   Case-insensitive substring search is used to compare the EXE file paths.\n\u003c/pre\u003e\n\n### Misc. options\n\n\u003cpre\u003e\n-charDelay \u0026lt;ms\u0026gt;\n   Delay per character in milliseconds.\n   Default is 1.\n-lineDelay \u0026lt;ms\u0026gt;\n   Delay per line in milliseconds.\n   Default is 25.\n-sendHomeKey\n   Sends HOME after ENTER when the previous line started with blanks.\n   This is necessary when line indent is inherited from the line above.\n-sendEscKey\n   Sends ESC before ENTER at end of line.\n   This is necessary to close a popup e.g. for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.\n-listWindows\n   Lists window titles and EXE file names of the desktop windows.\n-help\n   Displays this help text.\n\u003c/pre\u003e\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fchdh%2Fkb-send","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fchdh%2Fkb-send","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fchdh%2Fkb-send/lists"}