clipboard in command line

**geo909** · February 22nd, 2009

Hello,

I was wondering if there is a way to direct something from/to the clipboard from command line.

For example, do something like:

Code:

cat mylongfile.txt > <clipboard>

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

**fragos** · February 22nd, 2009

I don't know of one but copy and paste do work in the terminal. Select as you normaly would and <shift><Ctrl>C or <shift><Ctrl>V.

**kellemes** · February 22nd, 2009

Install xclip..

Code:

sudo apt-get install xclip

Code:

xclip < mylongfile.txt

or

Code:

cat mylongfile.txt | xclip

**fragos** · February 23rd, 2009

Thanks -- xclip will be handy to have around.

**geo909** · February 23rd, 2009

Thanks, xclip is what I was looking for!

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