xclip-cutfile (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile – copy and move files via the X clipboard
SYNOPSIS
xclip-copyfile [-p] FILES…
xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES…
xclip-pastefile
DESCRIPTION
xclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories.
xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards.
- -p
- preserve path formation
xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard
EXAMPLES
Copying a file to a remote host
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~] $ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~] $ xclip -
copyfile file1
[sofie.homeip.net ~ / doc] $ xclip -
pastefile
file1
[sofie.homeip.net ~ / doc] $ cat file1
A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se
Copying an entire tree structure
[sofie.homeip.net ~] $ xclip -
copyfile doc
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~ / tmp] $ xclip -
pastefile
doc /
doc / letter -
mom - april.txt doc / file1 doc / letter - dad - march.txt Copying files with preserved path information[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~] $ xclip - copyfile - p / etc / sysconfig / grub tar : Removing leading `/' from member names [sofie.homeip.net ~ / tmp] $ xclip - pastefile etc / sysconfig / grub[sofie.homeip.net ~ / tmp] $ ls etc / sysconfig / grub etc / sysconfig / grub Moving files[sofie.homeip.net ~] $ ls letter - brother - may.txt letter - brother - may.txt[sofie.homeip.net ~] $ xclip - cutfile letter - brother - may.txt[sofie.homeip.net ~] $ ls letter - brother - may.txt ls : cannot access letter - brother - may.txt : No such file or
directory
[sofie.homeip.net ~] $ cd doc
[sofie.homeip.net ~ / doc] $ xclip -
pastefile
letter -
brother - may.txt
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Maximilian Gass <mxey [at] cloudconnected.org> for the Debian project. It may be used for everything else, of course.