[ale] Clipboard question

Jason Day jasonday at worldnet.att.net
Thu Oct 20 10:34:58 EDT 2005


On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 10:18:20PM -0400, Paul Boren wrote:
> On 10/19/05, Jason Day <jasonday at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > Is there a way to slurp up a text file and copy all text to the
> > clipboard without opening the file in a text editor first?  Or using the
> > mouse?
> 
> With xclip you've got some good options.

Hi Paul,

xclip is exactly what I was looking for.  I read James's reply first,
and the article he pointed me to also mentioned xclip.

Thanks!
Jason
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