XCLIPD(1) General Commands Manual XCLIPD(1)
NAME
xclipd, xclipin, xclipout, xclipowner – clipboard management utilities
SYNOPSIS
xclipd
xclipin [-pw] [-t target] [file]
xclipout [-p] [-t target]
xclipowner [-pw]
DESCRIPTION
xclipd maintains the contents of the CLIPBOARD selection, making it
possible to close a window without losing the copied data.
xclipd also keeps the PRIMARY selection synchronized with the CLIPBOARD
selection. It makes possible that, whenever something is copied into the
CLIPBOARD selection, the copied data can also be requested from the
PRIMARY selection as well (but not the other way around).
xclipd does not daemonize itself; therefore, it should be run in the
background.
xclipin reads data from the given file or standard input and makes it
available as the STRING target in the CLIPBOARD selection.
xclipout gets data available as the STRING target in the CLIPBOARD
selection, and write it to the standard output.
xclipowner writes to the standard output a line containing the ID of the
current owner of the CLIPBOARD selection.
The options are as follows:
-p Use the PRIMARY selection, rather than the default CLIPBOARD
selection.
-t target
Use the given target, rather than the default STRING target.
-w Wait/watch mode. For xclipin, wait until losing the selection,
rather than forking into background. For xclipowner, run
indefinitely, watching for each transition of the selection's
ownership.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of these
utilities.
DISPLAY
The display to use.
SEE ALSO
X(1)
OpenBSD 7.2 January 18, 2023 OpenBSD 7.2