---
name: "numlockx"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "numlockx"
version: "1.2-10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/numlockx"
---

# numlockx(1)

Control the state of NumLock

## NAME

numlockx - Control the state of NumLock

## SYNOPSIS

**numlockx** \[*on*\|*off*\|*toggle*\|*status\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**numlockx** is a program to control the NumLock key inside X11 session scripts.

## OPTIONS

- **on**

  Turn NumLock on

- **off**

  Turn NumLock off

- **toggle**

  Toggle NumLock to opposite status

- **status**

  Gets the NumLock status

- **--help**

  Display help

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Chris Jones \<chris@black-sun.co.uk\> and Michal Cihar \<nijel@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).