Clipboard
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xclip
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Install
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::

  sudo apt-get install xclip

Usage
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`Command Line to Clipboard`_

To copy a file to the *middle button* clipboard:

::

  cat robots.txt | xclip

To copy your public key to the clipboard:

::

  xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub


.. _`Command Line to Clipboard`: http://linuxtidbits.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/command-line-to-clipboard/