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Basic clipboard functionality is storing data and allowing to access it, just like memory functions in calculators. For advanced functionalities use "clipboard-manager" tag.

Clipboard is a place where data is stored upon copy or cut, and from which data is taken, when you use paste. It's usually involved on all:

  • Ctrl+c, Ctrl+v and Ctrl+x operations for platforms using MS Windows standard,
  • Ctrl+Insert, Shift+Insert and Shift+Delete on platforms following IBM standard.
  • On Macintosh computers, Cmd is used instead of Ctrl.
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How do you know when to use SHIFT+INSERT vs CTRL-V vs right-click-paste to paste?

Some times I copy something to the clipboard, and it doesn't paste with Shift+Insert, but with Ctrl+V or right-click paste. The behavior seems confusing and a bit unpredictable. Is there some logic behind the variation?
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Getting a graphic on the clipboard to the disk?

I have a graphic on the clipboard on ubuntu. What's the quickest way to get it onto disk as a png or jpg?
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How to clean the clipboard?

I am really used to Windows and the problem of the clipboard retaining information which a third party could see, which thing actually happened to me on a link off of BBC.co.uk. Therefore I found clipboard cleaner on line free. With an icon pushed,…
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Where are the contents of the clipboard stored?

Since they are "saved to clipboard", the contents must be stored somewhere. Are they stored in a file?
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Why might I want to use a clipboard manager?

I recently saw this poll asking for the "Best Linux Clipboard Manager". What actually is a clipboard manager and in what situations would a clipboard manager be useful? Are there some differences in the default clipboard behaviour of Ubuntu to other…
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Why is Ubuntu's clipboard so hit and miss?

I find that a lot of the time if I copy some text for example and then close the window being copied from, the paste function does not paste anything. I've noticed this in Ubuntu 9.04 right up until present version. Is there a work around for this?…
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Inconsistent copy and paste behaviour. Is there a fix?

I've encountered what I can best describe as "unpredictable" behaviour of the "clipboard". But in its own way, it actually is "predictable"", as it is not an X bug, as such. It largely results from different X applications using different X features…
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How to disable automatic copy when selecting text from the keyboard?

I've noticed that in Ubuntu 13.10 selecting text with the keyboard automatically copies it to the clipboard. I don't mind this behavior with the mouse so much, but with the keyboard it really drives me nuts. How to disable this?
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How to increase clipboard size?

If I try to copy-paste a large amount of text (from Firefox to LibreOffice), the amount of text thus copied is truncated. What setting / application imposes this limit (I assume it is the DE)? And is there anyway to increase the size of the…
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Command to copy currently selected text

Is there a way to copy currently selected text into clipboard? I'm trying to make my eastystroke gesture more general than "Ctrl+C" since it doesn't work in every application - for example terminal. I know I can select with mouse and then paste with…
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Copy-and-paste is often corrupted

I have ubuntu 10.10 with the 64-bit desktop version. When I copy-and-paste into any window, including firefox, terminal, java swing app, remote desktop, often I get 4 random letters (a 32-bit value?) if I try to copy again it may work this time or I…
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Resume interrupted copy

I'm backing up an old hard drive and copying about 300GB of files. It had about 50GB left when I got a kernel panic and now I want to resume the copying. Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu? (A don't copy if file already exists but copy all files…
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Large file Copy speed issue

Possible Duplicate: Copy to USB memory stick really slow? I have looked at the various email regarding speed of copying large files and it has been coming on for a long time. I have a USB 3 memory stick and a laptop that dual boots into Windows 7…
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Is it possible to access a history of your clipboard in Ubuntu?

Every time I copy and paste something I save it to my clipboard. Is it possible to access a record of what I have copied and pasted on Ubuntu?
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Is it possible to make clipboard work always the same?

IIRC, once upon I time I used only the mouse for copy-and-paste, which I consider way superior to the Windows-like Ctrl-C Ctrl-V complication. Now after many years I'm slowly starting to use Linux again and to my horror I see that it doesn't work…
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