Script to put the date on the clipboard

[GrouchyGaijin]

Hi Guys,

I've started using Scribes quite a bit. I really like it, but can't seem to find an option to insert the current date into a document.
(OK I could just type the date, but where is the fun in that?)

Anyway, I've come up with a very ugly work around.




#!/bin/bash
now=$(date +"%d-%b-%Y")
echo $now > ~/scripts/xclip-scripts/current_date
xclip -in -selection c ~/scripts/xclip-scripts/current_date
xdotool key ctrl+v


I have the script mapped to ctrl+alt+D

This works, but I'm sure there are many better ways to do this.
Could someone clue me in to a more succinct way of doing this?

[Vaphell]

your very ugly workaround can be reduced to a less ugly workaround, without temporary files ;-)

date +"%d-%b-%Y" | xsel -bi
xdotool key ctrl+v

[sudodus]

Great tool to get date into strings! Please, could it be made available as marked to be pasted as middle-click too?

[GrouchyGaijin]

Thanks man!
I've picked up a bunch of tips from you!

[ofnuts]

In KDE, the clock in the taskbar can copy the date/time to the clipboard in various formats. Check if your clock couldn't do the same by any chance (right-click menu).

[GrouchyGaijin]

In KDE, the clock in the taskbar can copy the date/time to the clipboard in various formats. Check if your clock couldn't do the same by any chance (right-click menu).

Bummer - the Unity clock doesn't seem to be able to do that.

[Vaphell]

Great tool to get date into strings! Please, could it be made available as marked to be pasted as middle-click too?

xsel -pi will do that. there are 3 buffers, primary (middleclick) -p, secondary (?) -s and clipboard (ctrl+v) -b

if the ending \n is not needed then wrapping the command and passing its output with printf should work

printf "$( date )" | xsel -pi
or tr -d '\n'

date | tr -d '\n' | xsel -pi

[sudodus]

Thank you :-)