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VIS-CLIPBOARD(1)	     General Commands Manual		VIS-CLIPBOARD(1)

NAME
     vis-clipboard -- Read from or write to the system clipboard

SYNOPSIS
     vis-clipboard --usable

     vis-clipboard --copy [--selection selection]

     vis-clipboard --paste [--selection selection]

DESCRIPTION
     vis-clipboard  wraps  various  system-specific tools for interacting with a
     system clipboard, like xsel(1)  for  X11,	pbcopy(1)  for	Mac  OS  X,  and
     /dev/clipboard on Cygwin.

     vis-clipboard  can run in three different ways, depending on the flag given
     on the command-line.

     --usable
	   In this mode, vis-clipboard looks for a way	to  interface  with  the
	   system  clipboard.	If it finds one, it terminates with exit code 0.
	   If no interface to the system clipboard is available,  it  terminates
	   with exit code 1.

     --copy
	   In  this mode, vis-clipboard reads the content of standard input, and
	   stores it in the system clipboard.

     --paste
	   In this mode, vis-clipboard reads the content  of  the  system  clip-
	   board, and writes it to standard output.

     --selection selection
	   specify which selection to use, options are "primary" or "clipboard".
	   Silently ignored on platforms with a single clipboard.

ENVIRONMENT
     The following environment variables affect the operation of vis-clipboard:

     DISPLAY	      If  non-empty, vis-clipboard will prefer to access the X11
		      clipboard even if other options are available.

EXIT STATUS
     The vis-clipboard utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if  an  error  occurs.
     When  run with the --usable flag, an exit status of 0 means that it found a
     supported system-specific tool, while 1 means that clipboard access is  not
     available.

EXAMPLES
     Test whether clipboard access is available:

	   if vis-clipboard --usable; then
		   echo "Clipboard access available"
	   else
		   echo "No clipboard"
	   fi

     Copy a friendly greeting to the clipboard:

	   echo "Hello, World" | vis-clipboard --copy

     Send  the	current contents of the system clipboard to be recorded and ana-
     lyzed:

	   vis-clipboard --paste | curl -d - https://www.nsa.gov/

SEE ALSO
     pbcopy(1), pbpaste(1), vis(1), xclip(1), xsel(1)

Vis 0.9 			November 29, 2016		VIS-CLIPBOARD(1)

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