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andersonbd1
andersonbd1

Reputation: 5396

cygwin command to copy to windows clipboard

I see here:

http://www.pgrs.net/2008/1/11/command-line-clipboard-access

that there's a way in linux and osx to copy to the clipboard from the command line. So I ran my cygwin setup.exe, but couldn't find the xsel package. I'm guessing maybe this package hasn't been ported to windows? Looks like there's a tool to do it in windows:

http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/copy-dos-command-line-output-clipboard-clip-exe/2506/

I guess I'll try that - but in the mean I figured I'd ask if anyone has found a good solution.

Upvotes: 90

Views: 31544

Answers (7)

Benjamin Sweetnam
Benjamin Sweetnam

Reputation: 141

what about just

clip < file.extension

just tried in on my ssh key

Upvotes: 13

Charles Stepp
Charles Stepp

Reputation: 21

Not exactly Ditto, but here's a clibboard logger.

#!/usr/bin/ksh
while true
do
    if [[ "$(</dev/clipboard)" = "${LastClip}" ]]
    then
            sleep 2
    else
            LastClip="$(</dev/clipboard)"
            echo "$(</dev/clipboard)" >> $HOME/cliplog.txt
            sleep 1
    fi
done

Upvotes: 2

yskkin
yskkin

Reputation: 890

getclip/putclip is found in cygutils-extra package.

Upvotes: 25

user78706
user78706

Reputation:

I second the answer above

To cat text to the Windows clipboard

putclip < foo.txt

To pipe to a file whatever text is in the Windows clipboard

getclip > foo.txt

Upvotes: 28

Yordan Georgiev
Yordan Georgiev

Reputation: 5430

Actually google "resource kit clip " for your windows clip and in cygwin terminal ( I use puttycyg works the following: find | clip

Upvotes: 2

Adam Rosenfield
Adam Rosenfield

Reputation: 400384

Cygwin comes with special device file called /dev/clipboard:

echo foobar > /dev/clipboard  # Puts "foobar\n" on the clipboard
cat /dev/clipboard  # Pastes clipboard to stdout

Upvotes: 183

Andre Miller
Andre Miller

Reputation: 15493

On the page you linked, there are comments hinting how to do it on windows:

On Windows, Cygwin comes with getclip and putclip which do the same job.

Upvotes: 68

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