Docu review done: Mon 03 Jul 2023 17:04:26 CEST
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Commands and Descriptions
| Command | Descritpion |
|---|---|
xclip -sel clip | copies stdin into clipboard |
xclip-copyfile [file1] [file2] [fileN] | copies files into X clipboard, recursing into directoires |
xclip-cutfile [file1] [file2] [fileN] | copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards |
xclip-pastefile | poste the files out of the clipboard |
Copy a file
This will not copy the content of the file into your clipboard! The
xclip-copyfileis only working internal in linux, so e.g. over vbox it can not transfere it to the host/subsystem
xclip is not only able to copy stdin data into clipboard, it is also able to copy full files.
Copy file:
$ xclip-copyfile /etc/hosts
Past file to current dir:
$ cd /tmp
$ xclip-pastefile
Copy a directory
xclip is also able to deal with a directory structure:
$ xclip-copyfile ~/.vim
And to paste it again use xclip-pastefile as shown above in Copy a file