diff --git a/capture.c b/capture.c
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+++ b/capture.c
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+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/input.h>
+
+void dump_event(struct timespec* start, struct input_event* event);
+int stream_events(char* device_path);
+
+static inline void timespec_diff(struct timespec* a, struct timespec* b, struct timespec* result) {
+	result->tv_sec = a->tv_sec - b->tv_sec;
+	result->tv_nsec = a->tv_nsec - b->tv_nsec;
+	if (result->tv_nsec < 0) {
+		--result->tv_sec;
+		result->tv_nsec += 1000000000L;
+	}
+}
+	
+void dump_event(struct timespec* start, struct input_event* event) {
+    unsigned char button, bLeft, bMiddle, bRight;
+	unsigned char *ptr = (unsigned char*)event;
+	int i;       
+    char x, y;
+	struct timespec now;
+	struct timespec diff;
+
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now);
+	timespec_diff(&now, start, &diff);
+
+	button = ptr[0];
+	bLeft = button & 0x1;
+	bMiddle = ( button & 0x4 ) > 0;
+	bRight = ( button & 0x2 ) > 0;
+   	x=(char) ptr[1];y=(char) ptr[2];
+	printf("%ld.%ld,m,l%d,m%d,r%d,x%d,y%d\n",
+		diff.tv_sec,
+		diff.tv_nsec,
+		bLeft, bMiddle, bRight, x, y);
+	
+	//
+	// comment to disable the display of raw event structure datas
+	//
+	// for(i=0; i<sizeof(event); i++)
+	// {
+		// printf("%02X ", *ptr++);
+	// }
+}
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+	if(argc < 2) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "You must specify a mouse input to track like /dev/input/mouse1.");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	int result = stream_events(argv[1]);
+	exit(result);
+}
+
+int stream_events(char* device_path) {
+    int device_fd;
+	struct timespec start;
+    struct input_event event;
+    if((device_fd = open(device_path, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s. Are you running as root?\n", device_path);
+		return 1;
+    }
+    else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Device open OK\n");
+    }
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
+    while(read(device_fd, &event, sizeof(struct input_event)))
+    {
+		dump_event(&start, &event);
+	}
+}
+