Re: Command line utility to put stdin into the X 'current selection' clipboard
On Thursday 10 October 2002 11:18, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> Is there a shell utility that can take stdin and put it into an X
> clipboard. The 'current selection' clipboard would be ideal, but any of
> the X Clipboard's would suffice. For example
>
> ls | someutility
>
> and then middle mouse click (or ctrl-v) somewhere else to paste the
> text?
>
> Thanks
> Crispin Wellington
apt-get install xclip
ls | xclip -in
<middle click>
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