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How to pipe/dump clipboard contents to a file?

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I want to pipe/dump the contents (esp. text) of the clipboard/Ctrl+C to a file, preferably using Bash or Perl (in order). I'd rather not use GUI applications please.

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answered 1 Year ago alliulet · Accepted Answer

How to pipe clipboard contents to a file?

You can do it using xsel. Type in terminal to install it,

sudo apt-get install xsel

To put the contents of a file to the clipboard use:
xsel -b < some.txt

To paste the contents of the clipboard to a file use.

`xsel -b >> some.txt`

Copy file content/string to clipboard

You can go through this answer by Radu Rădeanu which described how you can copy file content/string from a terminal to clipboard that can be pasted using Ctrl+V