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KenJackson
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Thought I'd share something I find useful.
Linux has the command-line xclip command, which I find to be much less intuitive that Cygwin's getclip and putclip commands. So I put this in universal ~/.bashrc file which I copy to every machine I use:
It first checks to see if xclip exists (as a file, not alias/function), then checks to see if putclip and getclip files are missing. If those test pass, it creates aliases.
I find these very helpful, since I tend to work primarily in bash shells. As one example, If I happen to check my mail and cat a message to the shell that has an interesting URL, I might do something like this:
Then I press ALT-TAB until Firefox is in front, CTRL-T to open a new tab, CTRL-V to paste it in and ENTER to see the page.
That works even when I've SSH'ed into a remote Linux server from either Linux or Cygwin.
Fun stuff!
Linux has the command-line xclip command, which I find to be much less intuitive that Cygwin's getclip and putclip commands. So I put this in universal ~/.bashrc file which I copy to every machine I use:
Code:
if [ -n "$(type -P xclip)" ]; then
test -z "$(type -P putclip)" && \
alias putclip="$(type -P xclip) -sel clip -i"
test -z "$(type -P getclip)" && \
alias getclip="$(type -P xclip) -sel clip -o"
alias xclip='xclip -sel clip'
fiI find these very helpful, since I tend to work primarily in bash shells. As one example, If I happen to check my mail and cat a message to the shell that has an interesting URL, I might do something like this:
Code:
<some_mailx_command> | grep -o 'http.*x.html' | putclipThat works even when I've SSH'ed into a remote Linux server from either Linux or Cygwin.
Fun stuff!
