linux - [Solved-5 Solutions] Pipe tofrom the clipboard - ubuntu - red hat - debian - linux server - linux pc
Linux - Problem :
Is it possible to pipe to/from the clipboard in Bash ?
Linux - Solution 1:
Using alias xclip="xclip -selection c" otherwise you can't just use to Ctrl+v to paste it back in a different place.
echo test | xclip click below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Ctrl+v === testclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Linux - Solution 2:
On Mac OS X you might find these command line tools:
- pbcopy
- pbpaste
Example:
cat ~/.bashrc | pbcopyclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
After that command content of the ~/.bashrc file is available for pasting with cmd+v shortcut.
Linux - Solution 3:
- xclip
xclip - command line interface to X selections (clipboard) click below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Linux - Solution 4:
xsel on Debian/Ubuntu/Mint
# append to clipboard:
cat 'the file with content' | xsel -ib
# or type in the happy face and ...
echo 'the happy face and content' | xsel -ib
# show clipboard
xsel -b
# Get more info:
man xselclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Install
sudo apt-get install xselclick below button to copy the code. By - Linux tutorial - team
Linux - Solution 5:
Use bash script for reading the clipboard which works on multiple platforms.
#!/bin/bash
# WF 2013-10-04
# multi platform clipboard read access
# supports
# Mac OS X
# git shell / Cygwin (Windows)
# Linux (e.g. Ubuntu)
#
# display an error
#
error() {
echo "error: $1" 1>&2
exit 1
}
#
# getClipboard
#
function getClipboard() {
os=`uname`
case $os in
# git bash (Windows)
MINGW32_NT-6.1)
cat /dev/clipboard;;
# Mac OS X
Darwin*)
pbpaste;;
# Linux
Linux*)
# works only for X clipboard - a check that X is running might be due
xclip -o;;
*)
error "unsupported os $os";;
esac
}
tmp=/tmp/clipboard$$
getClipboard >$tmp
cat $tmp
# comment out for debugging
rm $tmp