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wl-copy: Copy the text to the clipboard.
$ wl-copy "${text}"
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The command "wl-copy" in Linux is used to copy the given input to the clipboard. It takes the input text and puts it in the clipboard, making it available for pasting in other applications.

In this specific command, "${text}" is a placeholder for the input text that you want to copy to the clipboard. It could be any text you want, such as a word, a sentence, a paragraph, or even a command output.

For example, if you have a text file named "example.txt" and you want to copy its content to the clipboard, you can use the command:

wl-copy "$(cat example.txt)"

Here, "$(cat example.txt)" is a command substitution that fetches the content of "example.txt" and passes it as input to "wl-copy".

You can replace "${text}" with any desired input to copy it to the clipboard using the "wl-copy" command in Linux.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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