Ubuntu – Save last “copy” from clipboard to file

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I am able to copy a massive string of text but unable to paste it anywhere without the program crashing.

So, I wonder: How can I fetch it from the clipboard via CLI and save it to a file instead?

Thanks!

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xclip is the command line interface to X selections (clipboard)

xclip -o > helloworld.c

You may need to modify the command depending on the selection you're using

   -selection
          specify  which  X  selection  to use, options are "primary" to use XA_PRIMARY (default), "secondary" for XA_SECONDARY or
          "clipboard" for XA_CLIPBOARD

xsel

I am using xsel Install xsel, but I am only using it with plain text and unicode text.

xsel can copy and paste to three different "clipboards".

By default, it uses the X Window System primary selection, which is basically whatever is currently in selection. The X Window System also has a secondary selection (which isn't used much), and a clipboard selection. You're probably looking for the clipboard selection, since that's what the desktop environment (e.g. Gnome, KDE, XFCE) uses for its clipboard. To use that with xsel:

xsel --clipboard < new-clipboard-contents.txt
xsel --clipboard > current-clipboard-contents.txt

Ubuntu – Unable to copy from vim to system clipboard

This is what works for me (Ubuntu 13.10):

Reinstall vim as vim-gtk:

sudo apt-get install vim-gtk

select what you want using the mouse - then type to copy to clipboard:

"+y

to paste to vim from clipboard type:

"+p

I don't know why but comparing the output of vim --version shows that the usual vim installation is quite restricted compared to vim-gtk. Replacing vim with vim-gtk did not affect any plugings.

Further information:

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