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.

echo 123 | xclip

echo 123 | xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{primary|secondary|clipboard}}

echo 123 | xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}}

xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}} {{input_file.txt}}

xclip {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}} {{[-t|-target]}} image/png {{input_file.png}}

xclip {{[-i|-in]}}

xclip {{[-o|-out]}}

xclip {{[-o|-out]}} {{[-se|-selection]}} {{[c|clipboard]}}