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xcut(8)								       xcut(8)

NAME
       xcut - Manipulate X cut buffers from command line

SYNOPSIS
       xcut [-display displayname] [-p]

DESCRIPTION
       This is the manual page for xcut	version	0.2.

       Xcut  takes  the	contents of standard input and store it	into the X cut
       and paste buffer.  The data is then available for pasting into applica-
       tions which support cut and paste operations.

       I was initially looking for something that would	generate canned	 shell
       commands	 and  stick them in the	X cut buffer so	all the	user needed to
       do was do hit the middle	mouse button in	 an  xterm  and	 the  commands
       would  be executed. The original	idea was to stick a short shell	script
       to insert a MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE entry in the .Xauthority  file,  but  I've
       found  xcut useful for other things such	as pasting the output of shell
       commands	into mail messages and so forth.

OPTIONS
       -display
	      Connect to the specified X host, display number and screen.

       -p     Paste contents of	X cut buffer to	standard output.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The DISPLAY environment variable	is used	for the	name of	the X  display
       to connect to if	the -display command line option is not	present.

SEE ALSO
       X(1)

AUTHOR
       Tim Potter, <tpot@acsys.anu.edu.au>

xcut				  21 Sep 1999			       xcut(8)

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