Yes!! This is just what I wanted. xclip -o just dumps the current clipboard into your script. Very nice. Very userful. Whata great utility. Thanks, Joel
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:49:14AM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 11:15:27PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:09:09PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: > > > > Is there a way to run a shell script which would automatically read in > > > the current contents of the clipboard, thus avoiding the need for the > > > mouse click? > > > > I used to have a program that did this on an earlier version of HP-UX, > > so it is possible. It just echoed the clipboard contents to stdout. I > > don't think I have it any more, though, so you might see if freshmeat > > has one. > > Eureka! Check out http://freshmeat.net/projects/xclip/: > > xclip is a command line utility that is designed to run on any > system with an X11 implementation. It provides an interface to X > selections ("the clipboard") from the command line. It can read data > from standard in or a file and place it in an X selection for > pasting into other X applications. xclip can also print an X > selection to standard out, which can then be redirected to a file or > another program. > > I haven't tried it yet myself, but it looks like it should do exactly > what you want. > > Gary > > -- > Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Spokane, Washington, USA > http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/ |
