Re: Command line utility to put stdin into the X 'current selection' clipboard

[aa@simula.no (Åsmund Ødegård)]

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shalehperry@attbi.com> writes:
> > 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>

Some apps paste the x-buffer with shift-<ins> (in case ctrl-v does not work...)



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