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Enter a command. For example: ttyplot, genie, photorec, poweroff.

xsel

X11 selection and clipboard manipulation tool. More information: https://manned.org/xsel.

• Use a command's output as input of the clip[b]oard (equivalent to Ctrl + C):
   
  echo 123 | xsel -ib
   
• Use the contents of a file as input of the clipboard:
   
  cat {{file}} | xsel -ib
   
• Output the clipboard's contents into the terminal (equivalent to Ctrl + V):
   
  xsel -ob
   
• Output the clipboard's contents into a file:
   
  xsel -ob > {{file}}
   
• Clear the clipboard:
   
  xsel -cb
   
• Output the X11 primary selection's contents into the terminal (equivalent to a mouse middle-click):
   
  xsel -op