I would like to copy the contents of a file to the X11 CLIPBOARD target text/html using the command line.
Ideally, this would be as portable as possible across different flavors of Linux and possibly other Unices.
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I don't know the legacy UNIX flavors but under redhat and debian compatible linux distros, there exist a binary called xclip, which does exactly what you want.
If you don't have it on your system, you can install it
Redhat variants
yum install xclip Debian based
apt-get install xclip 
- As far as I know, only
xclipversions built from SVN support setting the target. The versions shipped by default in Arch and Debian, at least, are not bleeding edge enough.PythonNut– PythonNut2016-01-06 22:19:44 +00:00Commented Jan 6, 2016 at 22:19 - @PythonNut xclip in Debian jessie (current stable, version 0.12+svn84) does support
xclip -t $target.Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'2016-01-06 23:40:56 +00:00Commented Jan 6, 2016 at 23:40 - @Gilles you're right. However, I just tested it in Arch, and it doesn't work. :(PythonNut– PythonNut2016-01-07 05:43:56 +00:00Commented Jan 7, 2016 at 5:43