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- WHAT IS XCLIP?
- ==============
-
- xclip is a command line utility that is designed to run on any system with an
- X11 implementation. It provides an interface to X selections ("the clipboard")
- from the command line. It can read data from standard in or a file and place it
- in an X selection for pasting into other X applications. xclip can also print
- an X selection to standard out, which can then be redirected to a file or
- another program.
-
- USING XCLIP
- ===========
-
- Here are some ideas for things you can do with xclip:
-
- Copy your uptime into the selection for pasting:
- uptime | xclip
-
- Copy your password file for pasting:
- xclip /etc/passwd
-
- Save some text you have Edit | Copied in a web browser:
- xclip -o -sel clip > webpage.txt
-
- Open a URL selected in an email client
- mozilla `xclip -o`
-
- Copy XA_PRIMARY to XA_CLIPBOARD
- xclip -o | xclip -sel clip
-
- In command mode in vim, select some lines of text, then press shift-:
- for an ex prompt, and use this command to copy the selected lines of
- text to the primary X selection:
- !xclip -f
-
-
- USING XCLIP FOR MOVING FILES
- ============================
-
- The programs xclip-copyfile, xclip-pastefile, and xclip-cutfile can be
- used for copying and moving files between different directories and
- even machines, assuming that you have a working X11 connection. Here
- are some examples:
-
- # Copying a file to a remote host
- [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1
- [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile file1
- [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
- file1
- [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ cat file1
- A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se
-
-
- # Copying an entire tree structure
- [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-copyfile doc
- [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
- doc/
- doc/letter-mom-april.txt
- doc/file1
- doc/letter-dad-march.txt
-
-
- # Copying files with preserved path information
- [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile -p /etc/sysconfig/grub
- tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
- [sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
- etc/sysconfig/grub
- [sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ ls etc/sysconfig/grub
- etc/sysconfig/grub
-
-
- # Moving files
- [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
- letter-brother-may.txt
- [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-cutfile letter-brother-may.txt
- [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
- ls: cannot access letter-brother-may.txt: No such file or directory
- [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ cd doc
- [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
- letter-brother-may.txt
-
-
- FEATURES
- ========
-
- * Reads data piped to standard in or files given as arguments
- * Prints contents of selection to standard out
- * Accesses the XA_PRIMARY, XA_SECONDARY or XA_CLIPBOARD selection
- * Accesses the cut-buffers
- * Supports the INCR mechanism for large transfers
- * Connects to the X display in $DISPLAY, or specified with -display host:0
- * Waits for selection requests in the background
-
- SELECTIONS
- ==========
-
- For a good overview of what selections are about, have a look at
- <http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/clipboards.txt>. Short version:
-
- * XA_PRIMARY contains the last text you highlighted
- * Middle click pastes XA_PRIMARY
- * XA_CLIPBOARD contains text explicitly copied with Edit | Copy, Ctrl-C etc.
- * Edit | Paste pastes XA_CLIPBOARD
- * xclip uses XA_PRIMARY unless you specify otherwise with -selection
-
- CAN I HELP?
- ===========
-
- Glad you asked! At this stage, I'm pretty happy with the features and
- implementation, so if you have anything at all that should be done, I want to
- hear about it. Doesn't matter how small, compiler warnings, segfaults, spelling
- mistakes, whatever, I want to get it sorted out. xclip is not a big project,
- I'd like to get all these things sorted out and then declare it "complete".
-
- LICENSE
- =======
-
- GNU GPL, see the COPYING file for details.
-
- CONTACT
- =======
-
- Web:
- http://xclip.sourceforge.net
-
- Email:
- astrand@lysator.liu.se
-
- Please email me about problems, experiences, patches, fixes, etc.
-