Copy the content of a file to the clipboard from the command line
Run:
$ xclip -sel clip file.txt
Some people create an alias for xclip -sel clip
.
If you need to install xclip run:
$ sudo apt install xclip
xclip is copyleft-licensed and is maintained by Peter Åstrand.
To learn more about xclip you can run $ man xclip
in the shell.
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I do self-funded research and I'm writing a book.
> What's the book about?
About technologies and epistemology.
Meaning, technologies can foster agency. No doubt. But I am also asking:
Can technologies make us blind?
I posted a summary of the prologue on the homepage: https://yctct.com/
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