<p>On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:41:53 -0600, Brian Wood <woodbrian77@gmail.com> wrote:</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Is there a command something like cat that will copy a<br />file into the copy/paste buffer, so I can paste the contents<br />somewhere after running the command?<br /><br /></div>
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<p>xclip looks like it would do the trick.</p>
<p>http://elcasey.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/xclip-use-the-clipboard-from-the-command-line/</p>
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