---
name: "acpi_fakekey"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "acpi-fakekey"
version: "0.143-5.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/acpi_fakekey"
---

# acpi\_fakekey(1)

acpi event wrapper

## NAME

**acpi\_fakekey** – acpi event wrapper

## SYNOPSIS

**acpi\_fakekey** \[KEYNUMBER\]

## DESCRIPTION

**acpi\_fakekey** gets the key numbers for specific events generated as output by scripts in /etc/acpi/ and writes them to the correct input FIFO in /dev/input/eventx.

## OPTIONS

No options used by this program.

## SEE ALSO

[acpid(8)](/acpid/8.md) [acpi\_listen(8)](/acpi_listen/8.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Nico Golde \<nico@ngolde.de\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).