xclip Command Examples
X11 clipboard manipulation tool, similar to
xsel
. Handles the X primary and secondary selections, plus the system clipboard (<Ctrl c>
/<Ctrl v>
). See also:wl-copy
. More information: https://manned.org/xclip.
- Copy the output from a command to the X11 primary selection area (clipboard):
echo 123 | xclip
- Copy the output from a command to a given X11 selection area:
echo 123 | xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{primary|secondary|clipboard}}
- Copy the output from a command to the system clipboard, using short notation:
echo 123 | xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}}
- Copy the contents of a file into the system clipboard:
xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}} {{input_file.txt}}
- Copy the contents of a PNG into the system clipboard (can be pasted in other programs correctly):
xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}} {{[-t|-target]}} image/png {{input_file.png}}
- Copy the user input in the console into the system clipboard:
xclip {{[-i|-in]}}
- Paste the contents of the X11 primary selection area to the console:
xclip {{[-o|-out]}}
- Paste the contents of the system clipboard to the console:
xclip {{[-o|-out]}} {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}}