How can I know which of the /dev/input/eventX (X=0..7) have the Linux input stream?

Question

I am trying to capture linux keyboard/mouse input, and I am reading events from like /dev/input/event2. But it seems the input are sometimes directed to /dev/

Answer 1

To find out, go to /dev/input/by-id or /dev/input/by-path and do a ls -l to find out which symlink points to which event<*>.

Also, I thought it would be helpful for all those who come across this page to find this helpful link to some code which captures keyboard events.