I have copied something from Internet and I want that copied text to get copied to a file. But how can I copy that text without using mouse or any command like Ctrl+V. I want to do this from terminal. How can I do that in Ubuntu 12.04?
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Have a look at this http://askubuntu.com/questions/110347/command-line-clipboard-access – Null pointer May 22 '14 at 15:00
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Using xclip.
For writing clipboard to file, overriding existing content:
xclip -o > /path/to/file.txt
or for appending clipboard to file:
xclip -o >> /path/to/file.txt
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If you don't want (or you can't) install extra software, you can do it with cat
cat > /path/to/file.txt
after this the terminal waits user input, so you can paste from your clipboard:
Ctrl + Shift + v
Then press Enter
And exit cat with
Ctrl + c
I learned this while watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDddKmdLEdg
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right-click to paste, instead of Ctrl + Shift + v, worked for me (Ubuntu terminal on WSL), but otherwise great solution, installed xclip for nothing as it did not work. – sritmak Sep 15 '22 at 12:13
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copy to clipboard then
xsel -o >> note.txt
but it not include new line "\n"
用件、用例(scenario): I input some Japanese 言葉 on google.translate.com then I'd like to take a note to save input history for review it later.
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