Copy file contents to the clipboard in Linux terminal [closed]

linux git github ssh

xclip -sel c < input_file

will copy the contents of input_file to clipboard. xclip requires installation. To install

sudo apt install xclip

-sel stands for -selection. c is for clipboard. Interchangeable.

Capable of much more, I advise reading its man page.

There is also xsel. This answer on Unix SE gives a very thorough answer to this exact question.

linux git github ssh

xclip -selection clipboard -i < fileName

copies the content of file into clipboard

linux git github ssh

You can do the following that will directly copy the content of id_rsa.pub to clipboard:

pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

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