hpr4743 :: wl-copy

Copy and paste from the Terminal in Wayland

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wl-copy is a command in the wl-clipboard package, and allows you to copy and paste data from your Linux Terminal on a Wayland desktop.

Copy an arbitrary string to your clipboard using wl-copy:


$ wl-copy "hello world"

Paste it anywhere on your system as usual (with Ctrl+Shift+V or a right-click and Paste).

You can copy from output, too:


$ echo "hello wide world" | wl-copy

You can redirect to wl-copy:


$ echo "hello world" > example.txt

$ wl-copy < example.txt

You can use wl-paste to paste from your system clipboard:


$ wl-paste

"hello world"

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