[gentoo-user] how to copy a file's content to clipboard?

[Qiangning Hong]

Do you know how to copy the content of a file to the X clipboard using
command? Every time now I need to paste a file into my email, I have to
cat it in a terminal and use mouse to select the text. Is there a more
convenient way?
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[Uwe Thiem]

Post by Qiangning Hong
Do you know how to copy the content of a file to the X clipboard using
command? Every time now I need to paste a file into my email, I have to
cat it in a terminal and use mouse to select the text. Is there a more
convenient way?

Depends on your mailer. In KDE's kmail, I just click Message -> Insert File.
Since you are using Thunderbird, I am pretty sure it offers something
similar.

Uwe

[Qiangning Hong]

Post by Uwe Thiem

Post by Qiangning Hong
Do you know how to copy the content of a file to the X clipboard using
command? Every time now I need to paste a file into my email, I have to
cat it in a terminal and use mouse to select the text. Is there a more
convenient way?

Depends on your mailer. In KDE's kmail, I just click Message -> Insert File.
Since you are using Thunderbird, I am pretty sure it offers something
similar.

Do you means there isn't an X or desktop environment level utility?
What if I want to paste the content of a file in other places, i.e. fill
a textarea in web browser?

In my cygwin time, the command "cat myfile > /dev/clipboard" was quite
handy. I hadn't expected that I am missing a windows function when I am
under Linux, ever.

P.S. It seems Thunderbird doesn't provide this kind of function except
using attachment. :(
--
Qiangning Hong

I'm usually annoyed by IDEs because, for instance, they don't use VIM
as an editor. Since I'm hooked to that, all IDEs I've used so far have
failed to impress me.
-- Sybren Stuvel @ c.l.python

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[Willie Wong]

Post by Qiangning Hong

Post by Uwe Thiem

Post by Qiangning Hong
Do you know how to copy the content of a file to the X clipboard using
command? Every time now I need to paste a file into my email, I have to
cat it in a terminal and use mouse to select the text. Is there a more
convenient way?

Depends on your mailer. In KDE's kmail, I just click Message -> Insert File.
Since you are using Thunderbird, I am pretty sure it offers something
similar.

Do you means there isn't an X or desktop environment level utility?
What if I want to paste the content of a file in other places, i.e. fill
a textarea in web browser?

If you run KDE, you can probably use some incantation magic with
klipper and DCOP.

Otherwise, try xcut or xclip

[12:59 PM]wwong ~ $ emerge search xcut xclip
Searching...
[ Results for search key : xcut ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]

* x11-misc/xcut
Latest version available: 0.2
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 10 kB
Homepage: http://xcut.sourceforge.net
Description: Commandline tool to manipulate the X11 cut and paste buffers
License: GPL-2


Searching...
[ Results for search key : xclip ]
[ Applications found : 2 ]

* x11-apps/xclipboard [ Masked ]
Latest version available: 0.99.0
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 58 kB
Homepage: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
Description: X.Org xclipboard application
License: X11

* x11-misc/xclip
Latest version available: 0.08
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 27 kB
Homepage: http://people.debian.org/~kims/xclip/
Description: Command-line utility to read data from standard in and place it in an X selection for pasting into X applications.
License: GPL-2


HTH,

W

[Neil Bothwick]

Post by Qiangning Hong
Do you know how to copy the content of a file to the X clipboard using
command? Every time now I need to paste a file into my email, I have to
cat it in a terminal and use mouse to select the text. Is there a more
convenient way?

Use xclip, it does just what you want, and the reverse. It's in portage.