DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/linux/loadkeys.md

loadkeys

Load the kernel keymap for the console. See also: localectl. More information: https://manned.org/loadkeys.

• Load a specific keyboard layout for the current console:

sudo loadkeys {{en|de|fi|dvorak|defkeymap|...}}

• Load a default keymap:

sudo loadkeys {{[-d|--default]}}

• Print the kernel source table of a keymap to stdout:

loadkeys {{[-m|--mktable]}} {{en|de|fi|...}}

• Print the binary format of a keymap to stdout:

loadkeys {{[-b|--bkeymap]}} {{en|de|fi|...}}

• Search and parse keymap without action:

loadkeys {{[-p|--parse]}} {{en|de|fi|...}}

• Load a keymap from stdin, suppressing all output:

{{command}} | sudo loadkeys {{[-q|--quiet]}}

• Set a keymap for a specific console:

sudo loadkeys {{[-C|--console]}} {{/dev/ttyN}} {{uk}}

• Load a keymap from the specified file for the console:

sudo loadkeys {{[-C|--console]}} {{/dev/ttyN}} /{{path/to/file}}