| How to redirect output to "clipboard" on command line
This should be verry common |
benlieb
msg:912672 | 6:03 pm on Dec 25, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I have looked everywhere to for how to redirect the output of a command to the "clipboard" (don't know what this is called in linux). It should be easy. I recall having read something about a "* register or something somewhere. I want this: ls -A1 > "clipboard" Then I can "paste" this anywhere. I can use the mouse methode, but want the output redirect. I'm using cygwin by the way.
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jollymcfats
msg:912673 | 11:38 pm on Dec 25, 2004 (gmt 0) |
getclip and putclip will let you manipulate the Windows clipboard in Cygwin.
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quesera
msg:912674 | 12:42 am on Dec 26, 2004 (gmt 0) |
For those not using Cygwin, there is an X-Windows utility called "xclip" which reads STDIN and puts the input into an X clipboard. cat filename ¦ xclip X clipboards are not the same as Gnome or KDE clipboards, however. Someone wrote a bash function for KDE called "klip" that uses the KDE utility "klipper" to do the same thing (search for it).. I didn't find anything similar for Gnome, but some Gnome apps play nicely with X clipboards...so maybe xclip would work? So it will depend on which application are you pasting into, unfortunately.
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jollymcfats
msg:912675 | 1:01 am on Dec 26, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Most (all?) KDE and Gnome apps interact with the X clipboard totally normally. Just middle click to paste instead of C-v.
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