Show HN: Pianoterm – Run shell commands from your Piano. A Linux CLI tool

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pianoterm

Run shell commands from your piano

GitHub repository

Description

Linux CLI tool to assign shell commands to keys on a USB MIDI Keyboard.

Usage

pianoterm 

Note: Assumes ALSA is used as the soundcard driver. Use acconnect -i to find the desired MIDI port.

Configuration

Configuration file: $HOME/.config/pianoterm/config

# this is a comment
#
# trigger can be on_release or on_press
on_press

# syntax: port = command
# use aseqdump -p  to find specific keycodes

21 = playerctl previous   # first key on an 88-key keyboard
22 = playerctl play-pause
23 = playerctl next
# ...
108 = /home/me/my_script.sh

Building

git clone https://github.com/vustagc/pianoterm.git
cd pianoterm && make

Dependencies

• C compiler
• alsactl (1.2.15.2)
• make (optional)