8 Start your ssh connection with ssh -X yourserver then don't change the DISPLAY variable yourself. ssh should set it up automatically, so that xsel (and any other X11 clients) can use …

Install xsel, and then run the following shell script: #!/bin/sh while true; do xsel -fin </dev/null done As long as this script is running (you can set it to run on login) the middle mouse button will not …

This was also answered here, but it took me a while to understand how to use it, so I'll explain for anyone else that was confused. This is basically the setting you're going for: (for tmux versions …

I am trying to syncronize my clipboard with a remote machine using XQuartz and xsel. It works, but only after I run an X windows program: connecting from Mac OS X with Quartz running …

I am using Ubuntu 12 and was having a problem pasting text from xterm in gedit (and any other app). Also, I use a laptop with no middle mouse button like many people (there really is no …

I want to install xclip or xsel to a Linux box without using sudo (because its the box is not mine and I am not allowed to sudo). However, I am allowed to use environments or package …

xsel -i </tmp/xselection # -o, --output write the selection to standard output. # -i, --input read standard input into the selection.* These optons work on the X primary selection (not the …

Aug 1, 2015 · Whenever I copy any text via X11's copy/paste feature, I would like all formatting to be removed. I waste time daily dumping the text into a terminal, then copying again. Is this …

Does tmux create the save-buffer file securely in a shared directory? Otherwise putting it in /tmp is a security hole. There's a useless use of cat, and the removal of the temporary file is missing. …

xclip / xsel are utilities that allow you to pipe clipboard output to the shell on Ubuntu. Unfortunately, they seem to fail in combination with the wc command. Try this. Open a new file …