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# copy 'foo' to clipboard (ctrl+v, alt+shift+ins)
# copy 'foo' to clipboard (ctrl+v, alt+shift+ins)
echo foo | xclip -selection clipboard   
echo foo | xclip -selection clipboard   
# print contents of secondary clipboard
xclip -o -selection secondary
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Latest revision as of 01:14, 5 February 2024

xclip is a cli interface for your clipboard.

Documentation

github https://github.com/astrand/xclip
man xclip https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/xclip/xclip.1.en

Usage

# copy 'foo' to selection-buffer (shift+ins)
echo foo | xclip

# copy 'foo' to clipboard (ctrl+v, alt+shift+ins)
echo foo | xclip -selection clipboard  

# print contents of secondary clipboard
xclip -o -selection secondary