Linux "loadkeys" Command Line Options and Examples
load keyboard translation tables
The program loadkeys reads the file or files specified by filename...
Usage:
loadkeys [ -a --ascii ] [ [ -b --bkeymap ] [ -c --clearcompose ] [ -C '
-m --mktable ] [ -p --parse ] [ -q --quiet ] [ -s --clearstrings ] [ -u --unicode ] [ -v --verbose ] [ -V --version ] [ filename...
]
Command Line Options:
-a
Force conversion to ASCII.
loadkeys -a ...
-h
loadkeys prints its version number and a short usage message to the programs standard error output and exits.
loadkeys -h ...
-p
loadkeys searchs and parses keymap without action.
loadkeys -p ...
-q
loadkeys suppresses all normal output.
loadkeys -q ...
-V
loadkeys prints version number and exits.WARNINGNote that anyone having read access to /dev/console can run loadkeys and thus change the keyboard layout, possibly making it unus‐able. Note that the keyboard translation table is common for all the virtual consoles, so any changes to the keyboard bindings affectall the virtual consoles simultaneously.Note that because the changes affect all the virtual consoles, they also outlive your session. This means that even at the loginprompt the key bindings may not be what the user expects.FILES/usr/share/keymapsdefault directory for keymaps/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/defkeymap.mapdefault kernel keymap
loadkeys -V ...