xclip is a command line utility that is designed to run on any system with an X11 implementation. It provides an interface to X selections ("the clipboard") from the command line. It can read data from standard in or a file and place it in an X selection for pasting into other X applications. xclip can also print an X selection to standard out, which can then be redirected to a file or another program.
xclip
Command line interface to X selections (clipboard)
root@kali:~# xclip -h
Usage: xclip [OPTION] [FILE]...
Access an X server selection for reading or writing.
-i, -in read text into X selection from standard input or files
(default)
-o, -out prints the selection to standard out (generally for
piping to a file or program)
-l, -loops number of selection requests to wait for before exiting
-d, -display X display to connect to (eg localhost:0")
-h, -help usage information
-selection selection to access ("primary", "secondary", "clipboard" or "buffer-cut")
-noutf8 don't treat text as utf-8, use old unicode
-target use the given target atom
-rmlastnl remove the last newline character if present
-version version information
-silent errors only, run in background (default)
-quiet run in foreground, show what's happening
-verbose running commentary
Report bugs to <astrand@lysator.liu.se>
xclip-copyfile
Copy and move files via the X clipboard
root@kali:~# xclip-copyfile --help
tar: Usage\: dirname [OPTION] NAME...\nOutput each NAME with its last non-slash component and trailing slashes\nremoved; if NAME contains no /'s, output '.' (meaning the current directory).\n\n \033]8;;https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#dirname-z\033\\\033[1m-z, --zero\033[0m\033]8;;\033\\\n end each output line with NUL, not newline\n \033]8;;https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname#dirname--help\033\\\033[1m--help\033[0m\033]8;;\033\\\n display this help and exit\n \033]8;;https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname#dirname--version\033\\\033[1m--version\033[0m\033]8;;\033\\\n output version information and exit\n\nExamples\:\n dirname /usr/bin/ -> "/usr"\n dirname dir1/str dir2/str -> "dir1" followed by "dir2"\n dirname stdio.h -> "."\n\nReport bugs to\: bug-coreutils@gnu.org\nGNU coreutils home page\: <https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>\nGeneral help using GNU software\: <https\://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>\nReport any translation bugs to <https\://translationproject.org/team/>\nFull documentation <https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>\nor available locally via\: info '(coreutils) dirname invocation': Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
xclip-cutfile
Copy and move files via the X clipboard
root@kali:~# xclip-cutfile --help
tar: Usage\: dirname [OPTION] NAME...\nOutput each NAME with its last non-slash component and trailing slashes\nremoved; if NAME contains no /'s, output '.' (meaning the current directory).\n\n \033]8;;https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#dirname-z\033\\\033[1m-z, --zero\033[0m\033]8;;\033\\\n end each output line with NUL, not newline\n \033]8;;https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname#dirname--help\033\\\033[1m--help\033[0m\033]8;;\033\\\n display this help and exit\n \033]8;;https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname#dirname--version\033\\\033[1m--version\033[0m\033]8;;\033\\\n output version information and exit\n\nExamples\:\n dirname /usr/bin/ -> "/usr"\n dirname dir1/str dir2/str -> "dir1" followed by "dir2"\n dirname stdio.h -> "."\n\nReport bugs to\: bug-coreutils@gnu.org\nGNU coreutils home page\: <https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>\nGeneral help using GNU software\: <https\://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>\nReport any translation bugs to <https\://translationproject.org/team/>\nFull documentation <https\://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>\nor available locally via\: info '(coreutils) dirname invocation': Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
xclip-pastefile
Copy and move files via the X clipboard
root@kali:~# xclip-pastefile -h
Usage: /usr/bin/xclip-pastefile