Use clipboard contents with Bash

stacksofplates

So I had a scenario where I needed to connect to a few servers on the same port. You just need to copy the server name and run this script. This is a very specific example, but this is more to show how you can use the clipboard without pasting.

As this script implies, you need xclip installed as well.

#!/bin/bash

SERVER=$(xclip -o)

ssh -L 8080:$SERVER:8080 server.example.com

Obsolesce

Am I misunderstanding something? Because I have always used ctrl+shift+V to paste clipboard text into the terminal.

JaredBusch

@obsolesce said in Use clipboard contents with Bash:

Am I misunderstanding something?

Yes. This is the script reading the clipboard into a variable.

Obsolesce

@jaredbusch said in Use clipboard contents with Bash:

@obsolesce said in Use clipboard contents with Bash:

Am I misunderstanding something?

Yes. This is the script reading the clipboard into a variable.

Oh I see now, that's pretty neat.