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
> 
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