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wl-copy — Clear and copy to Wayland clipboard. See also: `wl-paste`, `xclip`. More information: <https://githu

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Problem

How to use the wl-copy command: Clear and copy to Wayland clipboard. See also: wl-paste, xclip. More information: <https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard>.

Solution

wl-copy — Clear and copy to Wayland clipboard. See also: wl-paste, xclip. More information: <https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard>.

Copy the text to the clipboard:

wl-copy "{{text}}"

Pipe the command (ls) output to the clipboard:

{{ls}} | wl-copy

Copy for only one paste and then clear it:

wl-copy --paste-once "{{text}}"

Copy an image:

wl-copy < {{path/to/image}}

Clear the clipboard:

wl-copy --clear

Code Snippets

Copy the text to the clipboard

wl-copy "{{text}}"

Pipe the command (`ls`) output to the clipboard

{{ls}} | wl-copy

Copy for only one paste and then clear it

wl-copy --paste-once "{{text}}"

Copy an image

wl-copy < {{path/to/image}}

Clear the clipboard

wl-copy --clear

Context

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