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copyq — Clipboard manager with advanced features. More information: <https://copyq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

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Problem

How to use the copyq command: Clipboard manager with advanced features. More information: <https://copyq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command-line.html>.

Solution

copyq — Clipboard manager with advanced features. More information: <https://copyq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command-line.html>.

Launch CopyQ to store clipboard history:

copyq

Show current clipboard content:

copyq clipboard

Insert raw text into the clipboard history:

copyq add -- {{text1}} {{text2}} {{text3}}

Insert text containing escape sequences ('\n', '\t') into the clipboard history:

copyq add {{firstline\nsecondline}}

Print the content of the first 3 items in the clipboard history:

copyq read 0 1 2

Copy a file's contents into the clipboard:

copyq < {{path/to/file.txt}} copy

Copy a JPEG image into the clipboard:

copyq < {{path/to/image.jpg}} copy image/jpeg

Code Snippets

Launch CopyQ to store clipboard history

copyq

Show current clipboard content

copyq clipboard

Insert raw text into the clipboard history

copyq add -- {{text1}} {{text2}} {{text3}}

Insert text containing escape sequences ('\n', '\t') into the clipboard history

copyq add {{firstline\nsecondline}}

Print the content of the first 3 items in the clipboard history

copyq read 0 1 2

Context

tldr-pages: common/copyq

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