1XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)           General Commands Manual          XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)
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NAME

6       xclip-copyfile,  xclip-cutfile,  xclip-pastefile  - copy and move files
7       via the X clipboard
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SYNOPSIS

10       xclip-copyfile [-p] FILES...
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12       xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES...
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DESCRIPTION

17       xclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into direc‐
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20       xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards.
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22       -p     preserve path formation
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25       xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard
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EXAMPLES

28       Copying a file to a remote host
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30       [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1
31       [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile file1
32       [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
33       file1
34       [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ cat file1
35       A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se
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38       Copying an entire tree structure
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40       [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-copyfile doc
41       [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
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43       doc/letter-mom-april.txt
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48       Copying files with preserved path information
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50       [maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile -p /etc/sysconfig/grub
51       tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
52       [sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
53       etc/sysconfig/grub
54       [sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ ls etc/sysconfig/grub
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58       Moving files
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60       [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
61       letter-brother-may.txt
62       [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-cutfile letter-brother-may.txt
63       [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
64       ls: cannot access letter-brother-may.txt: No such file or directory
65       [sofie.homeip.net ~]$ cd doc
66       [sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
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AUTHORS

71       This  manual  page  was  written  by  Maximilian  Gass  <mxey@cloudcon‐
72       nected.org> for the Debian project. It may be used for everything else,
73       of course.
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