undo caps lock ctrl swap

[g33zr]

I'm running Mint 19 on a System76 Sable PC. I swapped caps lock and ctrl using the bash script setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps

However after using this setup for a while, I decided to go back the original configuration, but have been unsuccessful. Is there a script to reverse or remove this option?

[rene]

I swapped caps lock and ctrl using the bash script setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps

That's not a script (let alone a bash script) but a simple, direct command; moreover one the effects of are gone at logout/reboot. If they are not for you that means you did in fact add that command to some script --- possibly ~/.xprofile or ~/.profile --- and removing it from there will then undo things.

If you just never logout or reboot: setxkbmap -option resets all options to default (I do believe that in order to just undo ctrl:swapcaps you need to do either that or trawl through your actual keyboard layout in order to correctly undo a specific option).

[g33zr]

Many thanks, Rene. My bad. I mistakenly thought the command was a bash script because I saw it referred to as a bash script elsewhere and it was in my bash history file after I ran it.

Your solution was a simple one and it worked. Again, thanks.