#!/bin/bash # QWERTY-to-scancode dictionary. Hex scancodes, keydown and keyup event. # Virtualbox Mac scancodes found here: # https://wiki.osdev.org/PS/2_Keyboard#Scan_Code_Set_1 # First half of hex code - press, second half - release, unless otherwise specified declare -A ksc=( ["ESC"]="01 81" ["1"]="02 82" ["2"]="03 83" ["3"]="04 84" ["4"]="05 85" ["5"]="06 86" ["6"]="07 87" ["7"]="08 88" ["8"]="09 89" ["9"]="0A 8A" ["0"]="0B 8B" ["-"]="0C 8C" ["="]="0D 8D" ["BKSP"]="0E 8E" ["TAB"]="0F 8F" ["q"]="10 90" ["w"]="11 91" ["e"]="12 92" ["r"]="13 93" ["t"]="14 94" ["y"]="15 95" ["u"]="16 96" ["i"]="17 97" ["o"]="18 98" ["p"]="19 99" ["["]="1A 9A" ["]"]="1B 9B" ["ENTER"]="1C 9C" ["CTRLprs"]="1D" ["CTRLrls"]="9D" ["a"]="1E 9E" ["s"]="1F 9F" ["d"]="20 A0" ["f"]="21 A1" ["g"]="22 A2" ["h"]="23 A3" ["j"]="24 A4" ["k"]="25 A5" ["l"]="26 A6" [";"]="27 A7" ["'"]="28 A8" ['`']="29 A9" ["LSHIFTprs"]="2A" ["LSHIFTrls"]="AA" ['\']="2B AB" ["z"]="2C AC" ["x"]="2D AD" ["c"]="2E AE" ["v"]="2F AF" ["b"]="30 B0" ["n"]="31 B1" ["m"]="32 B2" [","]="33 B3" ["."]="34 B4" ["/"]="35 B5" ["RSHIFTprs"]="36" ["RSHIFTrls"]="B6" ["ALTprs"]="38" ["ALTrls"]="B8" ["LALT"]="38 B8" ["SPACE"]="39 B9" [" "]="39 B9" ["CAPS"]="3A BA" ["F1"]="3B BB" ["F2"]="3C BC" ["F3"]="3D BD" ["F4"]="3E BE" ["F5"]="3F BF" ["F6"]="40 C0" ["F7"]="41 C1" ["F8"]="42 C2" ["F9"]="43 C3" ["F10"]="44 C4" ["UP"]="E0 48 E0 C8" ["RIGHT"]="E0 4D E0 CD" ["LEFT"]="E0 4B E0 CB" ["DOWN"]="E0 50 E0 D0" ["HOME"]="E0 47 E0 C7" ["END"]="E0 4F E0 CF" ["PGUP"]="E0 49 E0 C9" ["PGDN"]="E0 51 E0 D1" ["CMDprs"]="E0 5C" ["CMDrls"]="E0 DC" # all codes below start with LSHIFTprs as commented in first item: ["!"]="2A 02 82 AA" # LSHIFTprs 1prs 1rls LSHIFTrls ["@"]="2A 03 83 AA" ["#"]="2A 04 84 AA" ["$"]="2A 05 85 AA" ["%"]="2A 06 86 AA" ["^"]="2A 07 87 AA" ["&"]="2A 08 88 AA" ["*"]="2A 09 89 AA" ["("]="2A 0A 8A AA" [")"]="2A 0B 8B AA" ["_"]="2A 0C 8C AA" ["+"]="2A 0D 8D AA" ["Q"]="2A 10 90 AA" ["W"]="2A 11 91 AA" ["E"]="2A 12 92 AA" ["R"]="2A 13 93 AA" ["T"]="2A 14 94 AA" ["Y"]="2A 15 95 AA" ["U"]="2A 16 96 AA" ["I"]="2A 17 97 AA" ["O"]="2A 18 98 AA" ["P"]="2A 19 99 AA" ["{"]="2A 1A 9A AA" ["}"]="2A 1B 9B AA" ["A"]="2A 1E 9E AA" ["S"]="2A 1F 9F AA" ["D"]="2A 20 A0 AA" ["F"]="2A 21 A1 AA" ["G"]="2A 22 A2 AA" ["H"]="2A 23 A3 AA" ["J"]="2A 24 A4 AA" ["K"]="2A 25 A5 AA" ["L"]="2A 26 A6 AA" [":"]="2A 27 A7 AA" ['"']="2A 28 A8 AA" ["~"]="2A 29 A9 AA" ["|"]="2A 2B AB AA" ["Z"]="2A 2C AC AA" ["X"]="2A 2D AD AA" ["C"]="2A 2E AE AA" ["V"]="2A 2F AF AA" ["B"]="2A 30 B0 AA" ["N"]="2A 31 B1 AA" ["M"]="2A 32 B2 AA" ["<"]="2A 33 B3 AA" [">"]="2A 34 B4 AA" ["?"]="2A 35 B5 AA" ) # send-string-as-keyboard-keystrokes and send-special-key to virtual machine function sendkeys() { scancode=$(for (( i=0; i < ${#kbstring}; i++ )); do c[i]=${kbstring:i:1}; echo -n ${ksc[${c[i]}]}" "; done) scancode="${scancode}" VBoxManage controlvm "${vmname}" keyboardputscancode ${scancode} } function sendspecial() { scancode="" for keypress in ${kbspecial}; do scancode="${scancode}${ksc[${keypress}]}"" " done VBoxManage controlvm "${vmname}" keyboardputscancode ${scancode} }