On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 10:00:21AM -0500, Paul Smith wrote:
> I have a bunch of tools (FvwmButton setup, etc.) that want to grab the
> contents of the X cut buffer and use it to invoke programs, etc.
>
> For example, if I select a hostname and click mouse-2 on a button in my
> FvwmButtons, I want to start an rxvt which logs into that host:
>
> rxvt -e ssh `<display-cut-buffer-contents>`
>
> or whatever.
>
> The only command-line tool I've been able to find that will retrieve the
> value of the cut buffer and display it to stdout is wxpaste, which comes
> wmaker. Nothing against wmaker, but I don't use it and I'd prefer to
> not have to install it. Are there other alternatives for a tool like
> this?
>
> Thanks...
What about
$ xclip -out
(xclip is the debian package name too)
HTH
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