Thank you for your support. I wish to make a bash script that uses the latest text copied and currently in clipboard.
3 Answers
There are keyboard shortcuts for GUI terminals , Ctrl+Shift+V and Shift+Insert already. A script and mouse are unnecessary here.
If you're specifically looking for commands, there are xclip
and xsel
. Both of them are used to manipulate clipboards ( of which there are two in Linux - primary and secondary, that's why two different keyboard shortcuts were mentioned in the beginning of this answer ). I am personally more of a xclip
fan, and i regularly use echo text | xclip -sel clip
to copy something to clipboard and xclip -out -sel clip
to print out whatever is in my clipboard. This is especially useful when you want to filter out text or process text with another command like xclip -out -sel clip | grep 'some text that I am looking for'
NOTE: xclip
and xsel
don't come to Ubuntu by default. You must install them with sudo apt-get install PACKAGE_NAME
command
If we want to go into TTY, there's no way to copy text there. You must either use something known as named pipe
or just a plain text file.
You can leverage xdotool
for simulating the keyboard and mouse.
So for pasting a text from clipboard we use Ctrl+Shift+v, you can simulate this in xdotool
by:
xdotool key ctrl+shift+v
Also check of mouse actions, read man xdotool
.
If not installed, install it by (available in the Universe repository):
sudo apt-get install xdotool
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code
(#! /bin/bash kdeconnect-send $(zenity --text="escriba la url a compartir" --entry --entry-text=$(xclip -o)))– JesusDec 5, 2016 at 3:53 -
I have used with good results: :
code
(#! /bin/bash kdeconnect-send $(zenity --text="escriba la url a compartir" --entry --entry-text=$(xclip -o))) a mini script for sharing url to kdeconnect. However the xdotool solution that you offered seems to work too. I really appreciate your help, but now i'd like to ask if you know some way to automatically copy chromium's current tab url. Thank you again.– JesusDec 5, 2016 at 4:00
I found a solution while i was surfing trhough this forum. i had to install "xclip"
sudo apt-get install xclip
then i use it in the terminal:
"$(xclip -o)"