How to check whether an input device is disabled or not in xinput?

Question

I can disable a keyboard or mouse using:

xinput disable <device>

But how could I know whether a device is previously disabled, in command line?

dirkt · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-23 06:22:57Z

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The man page says:

--disable device  
    Disable the device. This call is equivalent to 
    xinput --set-prop device "Device Enabled" 0

So you can use xinput --list-props and grep to find out if the device is enabled or not.

answered Jul 23, 2017 at 6:22

dirkt

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Oh, I tried that but didn't see that line, and was misleaded by another property containing "Enabled"...
– user23013
Jul 23, 2017 at 9:57

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