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What's like OSX's pbcopy for Linux

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Mar 15, 202690493 views
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In a terminal in OSX I can pipe output to pbcopy and then go into a web browser and paste it. I tried this in Linux with xcopy but when I switch to the browser it just overwrites the clipboard with with whatever was in it the last time the browser was used. What works like pbcopy in Linux?

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If you have desktop version of Linux (X) installed you may try in this way: or with : Now you can use them: When I don't have X I use GNU Screen functionality to copy between open shells in a session using keyboard. Copy: Ctrl-a Esc go to wanted position * Space (to begin selecting) press k to go forward mark text Enter Paste: Ctrl-a + ] * movements are done with vim like key bindings (j, k, l & m).

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