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Simple Question that I just realized would be very useful.

Under Linux (or really any 'nix environment) is it possible from the command line (or by other fashions, but primarily command line) to copy a file to the clipboard? Any example of this working would be appreciated but the best answer would be a general case in which this is possible across multiple 'nix environments (I'm running Fedora 10 atm if that makes any difference).

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Looks like you want xclip.

Usage:

xclip -t clipboard somefile

or an example using using pipes:

grep "needle" myfile.txt | xclip -t clipboard

Without the -t clipboard the data will go to PRIMARY selection.

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  • +1: Awesome! I figured there was a program like that around, but didn't know the name :)
    – MikeyB
    Jun 25, 2009 at 18:10
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Are you in X? Or text-only?

If you're in text mode, it's dead simple if you're using screen (which is awesome):

<C-A>:readbuf /path/to/file

To paste:

<C-A>]
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