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I'm not sure what you're referring to in the first sentence, but the existence of xclip shows that it's possible.

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

2019-10-23 18:44:06 +00:00
Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 18:44
it works if there is a program acting as someone pasting the stuff and providing it in a file or some other way

Simon
– Simon

2019-10-24 08:56:30 +00:00
Commented Oct 24, 2019 at 8:56

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