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How to Copy To Clipboard in Terminal

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How to Copy To Clipboard in Terminal
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Osinachi Chukwujama

Hi there 👋🏾. I'm a software engineer that enjoys building stuff and talking about them. I also tinker a bit with hardware and robotics using Arduino and ROS.

Use the x-clip package to copy the content of a file to your clipboard from your the terminal. We'll go over the steps to achieve this.

Steps

  1. Create a file lorem.txt and populate it with lorem-ipsum
    cat > lorem.txt << EOF
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Incidunt debitis magnam
provident nam cum alias nisi suscipit perspiciatis veritatis? Assumenda.
EOF
  2. Install xclip
    sudo apt install xclip
  3. Select the file using xclip -sel c < filename
    xclip -sel c < lorem.txt
    -sel refers to selection and c refers to clipboard. You can run xclip -h for more info.
  4. Check the content of your clipboard
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Incidunt debitis magnam
provident nam cum alias nisi suscipit perspiciatis veritatis? Assumenda.

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