#!/bin/bash sensitivity=128 speed=97 sensitivity=128 speed=50 die() { echo "Error: $*" >&2; exit 1; } [ "$UID" = 0 ] || exec sudo -- "$0" "$@" || die "you are not root and sudo failed to become root" #device=/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2 device=$(find /sys/devices/platform/i8042/ -name sensitivity -print -a -quit) && [ "$device" ] || die "could not find i8042 device" device=${device%/*} for v in sensitivity speed do echo ${!v} > $device/$v done