jabba-ctc

The name "ctc" stands for copy text to clipboard. This is a binary crate.

ctc can copy its argument (as text) to the clipboard OR it can copy the content of a text file to the clipboard.

$ ctc --help
ctc (copy text to clipboard) v0.1.1

Usage examples:

* ctc                   print help
* ctc -h, ctc --help    print help
* ctc <text>            copy the given text to clipboard
* ctc -f <file>         copy the content of the given file to clipboard

Supported platforms: Windows and Linux (with X server).

Windows

Put ctc.exe to a folder that is in your PATH.

Example:

c:\> ctc hello.txt

Now the text "hello.txt" is copied to the clipboard.

Linux

ctc relies on the external command xclip to manipulate the content of the clipboard. Thus, you must install xclip using your package manager (under Ubuntu it's sudo apt install xclip).

Under Linux, there are two clipboards. They are called "primary" and "clipboard". ctc puts the text on both of them, thus you can insert the text with one of the following methods: Ctrl+v, Shift+Insert, or mouse middle click.

See the example above, it works similarly under Linux.

Installation

ctc is written in Rust. If you have the Rust compiler, you can install it directly from crates.io using the command cargo:

$ cargo install jabba-ctc

Links

• jabba-cpc: copy path to clipboard