wxcopy(1)

📦 version 0.96.0, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, debian bookworm, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 wxcopy(1) — the cutbuffer glow-up 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the wxcopy manual page, straight outta the General Commands Manual and into ur heart. she's a lil program, she's iconic, she copies stuff into the X11 cutbuffer and she does it with main character energy. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

wxcopy — copy stdin or file into X11 cutbuffer 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

wxcopy [options] [filename]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the vibe: wxcopy copies stdin or filename into the cutbuffer. that's the whole job. she's focused. she's employed.

now, if u don't specify a cutbuffer, the data gets copied into cutbuffer 0 and the other cutbuffers get rotated, if they exist. yes queen, rotation. it's giving conveyor belt.

but if u do specify a cutbuffer? then the data goes straight into that cutbuffer and no rotation of buffers is performed. no spinning, no shuffling, she just sits there. periodt.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --clear-selection — clears the PRIMARY selection owner. in practice this means when u try to paste the data with the middle mouse button (for example), it'll paste the data from cut buffer 0 instead of whatever mouse selection might've been hanging around. it's like clearing ur ex's contact, but for selections 💀
  • --cutbuffer number — specifies the number of the cutbuffer to copy data to. pick ur fighter 🎀
  • -display display-name — the data will be copied into the cutbuffers of the specified display/screen. so u can send ur clipboard across the room, no cap ✨
  • --help — print a help message with the list of options. she's helpful like that 🫶
  • --no-limit — makes the normal 64kb limit check not be performed, so the buffer will attempt to grow to whatever size is required. she said NO LIMITS and she meant it 🔥
  • --version — print the version of Window Maker from which the program comes. iconique lineage check 👑

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

wxpaste(1), wmaker(1)

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

this man page was written by Marcelo Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>.

Window Maker was written by Alfredo K. Kojima <kojima@windowmaker.info>.

Binary data compatibility and --no-limit stuff by Luke Kendall <luke@research.canon.com.au>.

and that's the whole page bestie 💖 this little legend is dated September 1998, from the Window Maker family, and honestly? she aged like fine wine. go forth and copy things. slay 🌈👑

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