Disable Caps Lock on Linux

xmodmap command to turn off caps key

To turn off caps lock key, enter:
$ xmodmap -e “remove lock = Caps_Lock”
Now caps key is disabled. To enable caps key, enter:
$ xmodmap -e “add lock = Caps_Lock”
Add following code to your shell startup file ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile file:
$ echo ‘xmodmap -e “remove lock = Caps_Lock”‘ >> ~/.bash_profile
setxkbmap command to turn off caps locks key

To turn off caps lock key, enter:
$ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
To reset caps lock. enter:
$ setxkbmap -option

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