Any (easy)way to copy contents of a file into X clipboard?

[Pat Lashley]

--On Sunday, December 21, 2003 20:50:22 -0500 Scott W <wegster at mindcore.net> wrote:

>
> Hey all..was wondering if anyone knew of a utlity to copy the contents
> of a text file into an X clipboard buffer?
>
> It's possible via the use of xmessage or any other X editor that allows
> you to select all text, but something command line only would be useful...
> I'm sure something exists somewhere, but I'm not having any luck as of
> yet...anyone?

Have you tried /usr/ports/x11/xclip ?



-Pat