Bug 235455

Summary:	Wish: Interface klipper to stdin/stdout
Product:	[Unmaintained] klipper	Reporter:	Bugs Kde Org <bugs.kde.org>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Esben Mose Hansen <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	adaptee, dimsuz, hr.denzler, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Bugs Kde Org 2010-04-26 17:20:32 UTC

Version:           v0.9.7 (using 4.3.4 (KDE 4.3.4), Debian packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.32-3-686

Currently the clipboard can be set using:

cat input | qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.setClipboardContents "$(cat -)"

But it would be nice if this had a prettier syntax. Maybe:

cat input | klipper 

or:

cat input | klipper --stdin

Likewise it would be nice to have this for stdout.

klipper --stdout | cat

should do:

qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.getClipboardContents | cat

Comment 1 Hans-Rudi Denzler 2010-04-27 14:56:07 UTC

alias klipper='cat <<eof | qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.setClipboardContents "$(cat -)"'

> klipper
> hello
> eof

bashref.html > 3.6.6 Here Documents

Comment 2 Jekyll Wu 2011-12-26 08:20:11 UTC

It is easier to implement the suggested prettier syntax in a simple script than in klipper itself.

https://github.com/milianw/shell-helpers/blob/733e03563b7978ab11d3edd7b6175196ecadfec1/clipboard

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-04-01 21:13:37 UTC

Indeed. :)