xinput-toggle is a simple script to toggle devices on and off for X11 systems. It was created to toggle Yubikey state, but it can deal with any X input device.
xinput-toggle -h contains detailed usage information.
I suggest you bind xinput-toggle to a keybinding in your window manager if you will use it a lot.
For these examples I will show this being used to enable/disable a Yubikey
(-r is a case-insensitive regex used to identify devices by names, as shown
by xinput list).
# Toggle device status (on -> off, off -> on)
xinput-toggle -r yubikey
# Show notification indicating actions performed
xinput-toggle -r yubikey -n
# Disable xinput (no toggle)
xinput-toggle -r yubikey -d
# Enable xinput (no toggle)
xinput-toggle -r yubikey -e
# Enable for 5 seconds, then disable again
xinput-toggle -r yubikey -e -t 5
- xinput
- bash 4+
- notify-send (optional, for
-n, provided with libnotify)