wl-copy

Copy text to the clipboard

$ wl-copy "[text]"

$ ls | wl-copy

$ wl-copy --paste-once "[text]"

$ wl-copy < [path/to/image]

$ wl-copy --clear

wl-copy [options] [text]

wl-copy copies data to the Wayland clipboard. It can copy text from arguments or read binary data from stdin, automatically handling MIME types. The tool forks into the background by default to keep the clipboard contents available.
Data can be piped into wl-copy for copying command output or file contents. It supports both the regular clipboard and the primary selection (for middle-click paste).

-o, --paste-once

Only serve one paste request then exit

Clear the clipboard instead of copying

Use the primary selection instead of clipboard

Do not append newline character

Set the MIME type for the content

Pick the seat to work with

Stay in foreground instead of forking

Display version information

Display help message

Only works under Wayland; use xclip or xsel for X11. The process must stay running (or fork) to serve paste requests. Clipboard contents are lost when wl-copy exits in foreground mode.

Part of wl-clipboard, written by Sergey Bugaev for Wayland-native clipboard access. Provides equivalent functionality to X11 tools like xclip and xsel but uses the Wayland clipboard protocol.

wl-paste(1), xclip(1), xsel(1)