xclip:tldr:524cd
xclip: Paste the contents of the system clipboard to the console.
$ xclip -o -sel clip
try on your machine
The command xclip -o -sel clip
is used to retrieve the content of the system clipboard and print it to the standard output. Here's an explanation of the different parts:
xclip
is the command-line interface to the X server clipboard. It allows you to interact with the clipboard functionality on a Linux/Unix system.-o
is a flag that tellsxclip
to perform the operation of retrieving (outputting) the clipboard content.-sel clip
specifies the selection to retrieve. In this case, it refers to the "clipboard" selection, which is a common selection used for copying and pasting text and data.
So, when you execute the command xclip -o -sel clip
, it will retrieve the content of the clipboard and print it to the screen or terminal.
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.