Ubuntu – Command to copy currently selected text

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Is there a way to copy currently selected text into clipboard? I'm trying to make my eastystroke gesture more general than "Ctrl+C" since it doesn't work in every application – for example terminal.

I know I can select with mouse and then paste with middle button, but I want to have option to copy into second clipboard since I track its history in clipit and it won't change when I select something.

I also know that I can change keybindings in terminal but I prefer not to mess with my habits when it comes to "ctrl+c" and terminals.

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You can do that using xclip (package xclip, not installed by default):

xclip -out -selection primary | xclip -in -selection clipboard

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Ubuntu – Processing clipboard text through a script in between copy and paste

You can use clipnotify to get notified of clipboard changes without polling. From the project page:

while clipnotify; do
    [an event happened, do something with the selection]
done

The tool is only a few lines of C code that uses the XFIXES functionality.

Ubuntu – How to copy text from xfce4 terminal emulator to the clipboard

You can use clipman to sync selections and paste it anywhere using the middle click of your mouse. Just, select some text, open the terminal, and press the middle click. You can play with the options to adjust it to your preferences. To install clipman, use:

sudo apt-get install xfce4-clipman

Or, if you prefer, install the complete set of utilities for XFCE, using:

sudo apt-get install xfce4-goodies

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