wl-copy Command Examples

Clear and copy to Wayland clipboard. See also: wl-paste, xclip. More information: https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard.

• Copy the text to the clipboard:

wl-copy "{{text}}"

• Pipe the command (ls) output to the clipboard:

{{ls}} | wl-copy

• Copy for only one paste and then clear it:

wl-copy --paste-once "{{text}}"

• Copy an image:

wl-copy < {{path/to/image}}

• Clear the clipboard:

wl-copy --clear