cli commands to fetch and set ubuntu settings?

Question

Is there a pair of 2 commands that I can use to 1. store the current ubuntu settings (the ones that you can change by going to the top right and clicking settings) into some kind of my_settings file, and then 2. use the second command to set the ubuntu settings (possibly in some other installation of ubuntu) to equal to those in my_settings?

I want to be able to do all of this from a bash script so I can backup my settings and reset them later. I'm primarily interested in keyboard shortcut settings, so if it only works for that, that would be good too.

Does this answer your question? How to save GNOME settings in a file? — vanadium, Sep 19 '23 at 14:46
There are tons of different settings with different ways to access them all. This is a very broad request, and therefore needs to be more narrow to properly get you an answer that'd work. — Thomas Ward, Sep 19 '23 at 22:18

eternal · Answer 1 · 2023-09-19T21:26:04.423

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If the only concern is keyboard shortcuts, then it's possible to use sxhkd (Simple X hotkey daemon).

Shortcuts are defined inside a sxhkdrc file, so you can backup and restore it however you like.

https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd

edited Sep 19 '23 at 21:26

answered Sep 19 '23 at 16:43

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