How to copy non-ASCII file to clipboard (e.g. Image file)
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From: A_Omara on 31 Jul 2010 10:14 xclip accepts only ASCII format files. That's why I wrote in subject "non-ASCII" On Jul 31, 4:54 am, pk <p...(a)pk.invalid> wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:14:50 -0700 (PDT) > > A_Omara <ahmad.abdulgh...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Is there any way that I can copy image file contents to clipboard from > > command line in Linux? > > > I'm using a command line based screenshot program (scrot) but the > > output from this command is put in file. I need to have a command to > > further copy the snapped image file into clipboard, and encapsulate > > this all into simple push button. > > > Any idea about how to use this? > > Try xclip, it reads from stdin and should allow you to do > > xclip < image.jpg > > to copy the image to the clipboard. > > *UNTESTED*
From: pk on 31 Jul 2010 10:14 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:14:44 -0700 (PDT) A_Omara <ahmad.abdulghany(a)gmail.com> wrote: > xclip accepts only ASCII format files. > > That's why I wrote in subject "non-ASCII" That's why I wrote *UNTESTED*. But anyway it seems that images work: $ xclip < bases.jpg $ xclip -o > foo.jpg $ diff foo.jpg bases.jpg $
From: Janis Papanagnou on 31 Jul 2010 11:24 On 31/07/10 16:14, pk wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:14:44 -0700 (PDT) A_Omara > <ahmad.abdulghany(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> xclip accepts only ASCII format files. >> >> That's why I wrote in subject "non-ASCII" > > That's why I wrote *UNTESTED*. But anyway it seems that images work: > > $ xclip < bases.jpg > $ xclip -o > foo.jpg > $ diff foo.jpg bases.jpg > $ > > Using the same xclip application for import and export seems to me to be of limited usefulness if you want to demonstrate effectiveness for a certain purpose. According to the man page it works (only?) with X applications. I wasn't able to paste the X clipboard contents to an office application (OOorg) or to an image processing application (gimp). What cut buffers do those applications use? Janis
From: pk on 31 Jul 2010 12:11 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:24:41 +0200 Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On 31/07/10 16:14, pk wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:14:44 -0700 (PDT) A_Omara > > <ahmad.abdulghany(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> xclip accepts only ASCII format files. > >> > >> That's why I wrote in subject "non-ASCII" > > > > That's why I wrote *UNTESTED*. But anyway it seems that images work: > > > > $ xclip < bases.jpg > > $ xclip -o > foo.jpg > > $ diff foo.jpg bases.jpg > > $ > > > > > > Using the same xclip application for import and export seems to me to > be of limited usefulness if you want to demonstrate effectiveness for > a certain purpose. > > According to the man page it works (only?) with X applications. I wasn't > able to paste the X clipboard contents to an office application (OOorg) > or to an image processing application (gimp). What cut buffers do those > applications use? My example was only to demonstrate that it doesn't seem to be true that xclip "accepts only ASCII format files". xclip copies data to the X clipboard, which is usually distinct from the one your desktop environment or window manager uses (ie, the one you get by right clicking or going to edit -> copy/paste in most applications). The contents of the X clipboard are usually pasted (at least on the Linux systems I'm familiar with) by clicking the middle mouse button (for two-button mice, that is usually emulated by clicking both buttons simultaneously). For what it's worth, it works for me by doing something like ls | xclip and middle-clicking in OOwriter. However, I don't have any graphical program to test X pasting of images.
From: A_Omara on 1 Aug 2010 10:17
Well, after testing with ls | xclip, it seems that your are correct about it copies to a special clipboard where you can past using the middle mouse button click. Now, what if i need to copy this special clipboard content to normal X clipboard? To be able to paste in an email, office, or image processing tool (e.g. gimp)? Thanks, Ahmad On Jul 31, 9:11 am, pk <p...(a)pk.invalid> wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:24:41 +0200 Janis Papanagnou > > > > <janis_papanag...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > On 31/07/10 16:14, pk wrote: > > > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:14:44 -0700 (PDT) A_Omara > > > <ahmad.abdulgh...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> xclip accepts only ASCII format files. > > > >> That's why I wrote in subject "non-ASCII" > > > > That's why I wrote *UNTESTED*. But anyway it seems that images work: > > > > $ xclip < bases.jpg > > > $ xclip -o > foo.jpg > > > $ diff foo.jpg bases.jpg > > > $ > > > Using the same xclip application for import and export seems to me to > > be of limited usefulness if you want to demonstrate effectiveness for > > a certain purpose. > > > According to the man page it works (only?) with X applications. I wasn't > > able to paste the X clipboard contents to an office application (OOorg) > > or to an image processing application (gimp). What cut buffers do those > > applications use? > > My example was only to demonstrate that it doesn't seem to be true that > xclip "accepts only ASCII format files". > > xclip copies data to the X clipboard, which is usually distinct from the > one your desktop environment or window manager uses (ie, the one you get by > right clicking or going to edit -> copy/paste in most applications). > > The contents of the X clipboard are usually pasted (at least on the Linux > systems I'm familiar with) by clicking the middle mouse button (for > two-button mice, that is usually emulated by clicking both buttons > simultaneously). > > For what it's worth, it works for me by doing something like > > ls | xclip > > and middle-clicking in OOwriter. > > However, I don't have any graphical program to test X pasting of images. |