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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1423949, member: 4381&quot;]or from the command line</p><p><br /></p><p>XCLIP(1x)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; XCLIP(1x)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NAME</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; xclip - command line interface to X selections (clipboard)</p><p><br /></p><p>SYNOPSIS</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; xclip [OPTION] [FILE]...</p><p><br /></p><p>DESCRIPTION</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Reads&nbsp; from&nbsp; standard in, or from one or more files, and makes the data</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; available as an X selection for pasting&nbsp; into&nbsp; X&nbsp; applications.&nbsp; Prints</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; current X selection to standard out.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -i, -in</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; read&nbsp; text&nbsp; into&nbsp; X&nbsp; selection&nbsp; from&nbsp; standard&nbsp; input&nbsp; or&nbsp; files</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (default)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -o, -out</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; prints the selection to standard out (generally for piping to&nbsp; a</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; file or program)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -f, -filter</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; when&nbsp; xclip&nbsp; is&nbsp; invoked in the in mode with output level set to</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; silent (the defaults), the filter option&nbsp; will&nbsp; cause&nbsp; xclip&nbsp; to</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; print the text piped to standard in back to standard out unmodi-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; fied</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -l, -loops</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; number of X selection requests (pastes into X&nbsp; applications)&nbsp; to</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; wait&nbsp; for&nbsp; before&nbsp; exiting,&nbsp; with a value of 0 (default) causing</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; xclip to wait for an unlimited number of requests until&nbsp; another</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; application&nbsp; (possibly another invocation of xclip) takes owner-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ship of the selection</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -d, -display</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; X display to use (e.g. &quot;localhost:0&quot;),&nbsp; xclip&nbsp; defaults&nbsp; to&nbsp; the</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; value in $DISPLAY if this option is omitted</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -h, -help</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; show quick summary of options</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -selection</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; specify&nbsp; which&nbsp; X selection to use, options are &quot;primary&quot; to use</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; XA_PRIMARY (default), &quot;secondary&quot;&nbsp; for&nbsp; XA_SECONDARY&nbsp; or&nbsp; &quot;clip-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; board&quot; for XA_CLIPBOARD</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -version</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; show version information</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -silent</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; forks into the background to wait for requests, no informational</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; output, errors only (default)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -quiet show informational messages on the terminal and run in the fore-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ground</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -verbose</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; provide a running commentary of what xclip is doing</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; xclip&nbsp; reads&nbsp; text&nbsp; from standard in or files and makes it available to</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; other X applications for pasting as an X selection (traditionally&nbsp; with</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the&nbsp; middle&nbsp; mouse&nbsp; button). It reads from all files specified, or from</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; standard in if no files are specified. xclip can also&nbsp; print&nbsp; the&nbsp; con-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; tents of a selection to standard out with the -o option.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; xclip&nbsp; was&nbsp; designed to allow tighter integration of X applications and</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; command line programs. The default action is to silently&nbsp; wait&nbsp; in&nbsp; the</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; background&nbsp; for&nbsp; X selection requests (pastes) until another X applica-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; tion places data in the clipboard, at which point xclip exits silently.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; You&nbsp; can&nbsp; use&nbsp; the&nbsp; -verbose&nbsp; option&nbsp; to see if and when xclip actually</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; receives selection requests from other X applications.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Options can be abbreviated as long&nbsp; as&nbsp; they&nbsp; remain&nbsp; unambiguous.&nbsp; For</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; example,&nbsp; it&nbsp; is&nbsp; possible to use -d or -disp instead of -display. How-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ever, -v couldn&#039;t be used because it is ambiguous (it&nbsp; could&nbsp; be&nbsp; short</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; for -verbose or -version), so it would be interpreted as a filename.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Note&nbsp; that only the first character of the selection specified with the</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -selection option is important. This means that &quot;p&quot;, &quot;sec&quot;&nbsp; and&nbsp; &quot;clip&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; would&nbsp; have&nbsp; the&nbsp; same effect as using &quot;primary&quot;, &quot;secondary&quot; or &quot;clip-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; board&quot; respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>EXAMPLES</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I hate man pages without examples!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; uptime | xclip</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Put your uptime in the X selection. Then middle click in an X&nbsp; applica-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; tion to paste.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; xclip -loops 10 -verbose /etc/motd</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Exit&nbsp; after&nbsp; /etc/motd&nbsp; (message&nbsp; of the day) has been pasted 10 times.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Show how many selection requests (pastes) have been processed.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; xclip -o &gt; helloworld.c</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Put the contents of the selection into a file.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ENVIRONMENT</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DISPLAY</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; X display to use if none is specified with the -display option.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>REPORTING BUGS</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Please report any bugs, problems, queries, experiences,&nbsp; etc.&nbsp; directly</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to the author.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>AUTHORS</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Kim Saunders &lt;kims@debian.org&gt; Peter Åstrand &lt;astrand@lysator.liu.se&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; XCLIP(1x)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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