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xsel

Selection manipulation tool. For example, xsel can copy STDIN to clipboard, or print clipboard to STDOUT.

Clipboard selection:

-b or --clipboard

Primary selection:

-p or --primary

Secondary selection:

-s or --secondary

Copy output of a command into the clipboard:

echo 123 | xsel -bi

Copy contents of a file into the clipboard:

cat {{file}} | xsel -bi

Print the clipboard to STDOUT:

xsel -bo

Print the clipboard into a file:

xsel -bo > {{file}}

Clear the clipboard:

xsel -bc