Linux.com: CLI Magic: Energize your Console with Redefined Keys

“With Linux keyboard customization, you can not only redefine
the action of a key: You can actually define keys to send strings
of characters, which, at the console, issue commands…

“In this example, you’re going to redefine keys to control your
CD-ROM drive as a CD player. If you have a plain keyboard, you can
use unusual key combinations such as Ctrl-Alt-Right Arrow to
perform the kind of magic you’re about to explore. If you can
determine the keycodes generated by any special keys you have on
your Internet or multimedia keyboard, you can use those keys
instead…”

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