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# xsel
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# Command-line tool to access X clipboard and selection buffers
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# Read from STDIN and save it to the clipboard; as if `Ctrl + C`.
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echo 123 | xsel -ib
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# A file's contents can also be provided to xsel(1x) via STDIN.
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cat file | xsel -ib
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# Send the clipboard's contents to STDOUT; as if `Ctrl + V`.
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xsel -ob
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# The contents of the clipboard can be saved to a file(s). Note that the use of
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# `>` means that any existing file by the same name will be overwritten. Use
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# `>>` to instead append the data to that file.
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xsel -ob > file
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# Clear the clipboard.
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xsel -cb
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# Send X11 primary selection to STDOUT, as if clicking mouse's middle button.
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xsel -op
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