Msys2-packages: request: Modify the Windows clipboard in some way? (xclip/xsel)

[trapd00r]

Would it be possible, in one way or another, to from within msys2 modify the Windows clipboard in the same way xclip and xsel can do?

[maoueh]

I'm unsure about what xclip nor xsel, but I usually simply do:

$ echo 'Wow, clipboarded!' > /dev/clipboard
$ cat /dev/clipboard
Wow, clipboarded!

# Copy something in Windows uisng Ctrl+C
$ cat /dev/clipboard
# Copied content here

Note: Don't copy the cat /dev/clipboard line, type it directly instead. Otherwise, you will have overwritten clipboard content and you would end up with this:

$ cat /dev/clipboard
 cat /dev/clipboard

Don't make same mistake I made :D

The special /dev/clipboard is like any input/ouput device, so you can pipe it to make some nice stuff like cat /dev/clipboard | jq '.users[0]'.

Maybe it's enough for your use case.

[trapd00r]

Oh yeah; I love you! Suddenly my life became that much easier! Cheers man!

[maoueh]

Glad I could make someone happy and hope it will help others :D

Regards,
Matt