Swap capslock with escape globally

[shivamChandra65]

hello I am completely new to linux,
can someone guide me to use setxkbmap to swap capslock with escape key so when I press esc it register capslock and when i press capslock pc register escape.

I found this solution but don’t know how to even access ~/.xinitrc or .xsession and what they are
https://itectec.com/superuser/how-to-map-the-caps-lock-key-to-escape-key-in-arch-linux/#
please guide me

[cjean]

Hi,

~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession are files located in your home directory and executed at the beginning of your session. You can add a line to the .xinitrc file with the following command in a terminal:
echo "setxkbmap -option caps:escape" >> ~/.xinitrc

You can also edit it with an editor such as nano, kate, etc.

[shivamChandra65]

thank you for your response,
I ran the command and It is not getting executed while boot
this is how the file looks

should the command be above exec $(get_session “$1”)

[ApoorvPotnis]

Go to System Settings → Input Devices → Keyboard → Advanced. There you will see options for Caps Lock behaviour.

[shivamChandra65]

oh thank you I will do that,
please help when I deleted that setxkbmap command and exit nano it shows these options which should I choose

[cjean]

Simply press Return

[shivamChandra65]

thank you that worked and is much simpler for a beginner