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Subject: RE: Cut and paste standard input and output
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And don't forget the read/write capability ot /dev/clipboard.
Rpb

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu] 
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:35 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Cut and paste standard input and output
> 
> 
> Have you seen the 'putclip' and 'getclip' applications that 
> are part of 
> the official 'cygutils' package?
> 
> --Chuck
> 
> 
> Raoul Gough wrote:
> 
> > I recently wrote a simple command-line tool that cuts or 
> pastes plain 
> > text to/from standard input/output. I find it quite useful 
> sometimes, 
> > when I've got a script that generates some output and I want to 
> > process the output in a windows application (or vice-versa).
> > 
> > e.g.
> > 
> > ls -lR | clipboard -x
> > 
> > After which, I can paste the ls output direct into a 
> windows App. It's 
> > much easier than selecting and cutting from the 
> command-shell window, 
> > especially if there is a lot of output. The command has 
> three options, 
> > -x cuts, -c copies (kinda like tee) and -v pastes to 
> standard output. 
> > If this tool doesn't already exist, I'd be willing to 
> contribute the 
> > code. Any interest and advice on how to submit it?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Raoul Gough.
> > 
> > 
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