Make sure xdotool is installed. It is similar to AutoHotKey for Windows. Then put this code into a file such as ~/timestamp.sh:
sleep .2 # Short delay to prevent interference
xdotool type --clearmodifiers "$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)";
This will produce a YYYYMMDDHHMMSS time stamp. For example, UTC is 20201227141757 as of writing this.
One can optionally put a character between date and time for separation.
After that, assign a shortcut to that file through the usually precluded keyboard shortcut manager, and make sure execution is permitted by the file permission attributes.
Make sure `xdotool` is installed. It is similar to AutoHotKey for Windows. Then put this code into a file such as `~/timestamp.sh`:
~~~
sleep .2 # Short delay to prevent interference
xdotool type --clearmodifiers "$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)";
~~~
This will produce a `YYYYMMDDHHMMSS` time stamp. For example, UTC is `20201227141757` as of writing this.
One can optionally put a character between date and time for separation.
After that, assign a shortcut to that file through the usually precluded keyboard shortcut manager, and make sure execution is permitted by the file permission attributes.
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