xclip - clipboard copy paster config etc... xclip , xsel wl-clipboard and pbcopy etc.

 sudo apt update -y 

sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt install -y xclip

File to clipboard

#xclip -sel/-selection clip < Catlogue.txt

#To copy the output of a command to the clipboard:

#echo "Hello, World!" | xclip -sel clip

Pasting from clipboard

xclip -sel clip -o

Clipboard history

nano clipboard_history.sh

#!/bin/bash

# File to store clipboard history

history_file="$HOME/.clipboard_history.txt"

# Ensure history file exists

touch "$history_file"

# Function to trim history file to 1000 lines

trim_history() {

    if [ $(wc -l < "$history_file") -gt 1000 ]; then

        tail -n 1000 "$history_file" > "$history_file.tmp"

        mv "$history_file.tmp" "$history_file"

    fi

}

# Function to add current clipboard contents to history

add_to_history() {

    timestamp=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T")

    echo "[$timestamp] $(xclip -o -selection clipboard)" >> "$history_file"

}

# Function to display clipboard history

display_history() {

    echo "Clipboard History (last 10 entries):"

    tail -n 10 "$history_file"

}

# Main script logic

case "$1" in

    "add")

        add_to_history

        trim_history

        ;;

    "display")

        display_history

        ;;

    *)

        echo "Usage: $0 {add|display}"

        exit 1

        ;;

esac

./clipboard_history.sh add

./clipboard_history.sh display