[SOLVED] newline appended to clipboard selection...

fflarex · 2009-06-12 01:45:29

I have a small script that (among other things) reads text from a file and puts it in the primary clipboard using xclip. Problem is, there is an extra newline character (or at least I think that's what it is) which is appended to the selection which causes problems when pasting into a terminal. I can't get rid of it and I don't know where the problem is!

The offending line is as simple as:

cat $FILE | xclip

Where $FILE definitely does not contain a newline. I tried all sorts of sed filters before I remembered that sed only works on one line at a time, then I tried using head, and finally I gave tr a shot to restrict the characters that go through. Nothing has worked so far. Help?

Last edited by fflarex (2009-06-13 20:46:39)

skottish · 2009-06-12 03:01:15

You can try something like:

echo -en $FILE | xclip

fflarex · 2009-06-12 03:05:46

Except that echo takes strings for arguments, not files.

fflarex · 2009-06-13 20:47:21

Solved it by piping through this first:

tr -d '\n'

Xyne · 2009-06-13 21:03:58

fflarex wrote:

I tried using head

Including "cat <file> | head -n -1 | xclip"?

fflarex · 2009-06-13 21:28:07

I didn't use head like that, but I tried it just now and all it did was clear my selection (or copy a null character, or something like that).

Xyne · 2009-06-13 21:32:46

Hmmm, maybe it needs to be "-n-1", or "--lines=-1".

Meh, whatever, you've already found a working solution.

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[SOLVED] newline appended to clipboard selection...

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