HPR4743: wl-copy
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HPR4743: wl-copy

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 2026
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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. wl-copy is a command in the wl-clipboard package, and allows you to copy and paste data from your Linux Terminal on a Wayland desktop. Copy an arbitrary string to your clipboard using wl-copy: $ wl-copy "hello world" Paste it anywhere on your system as usual (with Ctrl+Shift+V or a right-click and Paste). You can copy from output, too: $ echo "hello wide world" | wl-copy You can redirect to wl-copy: $ echo "hello world" > example.txt $ wl-copy You can use...

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Hi my name is Clattoo and I'm going to talk about wl-copy.

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This is Hacker Public Radio episode 4,743, for Wednesday 7th October 2026. Today's show is entitled WL Copy. It is hosted by Clow 2, and is about 14 minutes long. It carries a clean flag.

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The summary is copy and paste from the terminal in Wayland. Hi my name is Clattoo and I'm going to talk about wl-copy. It's a command on Linux specifically for a Wayland desktop. if you need to copy something from a terminal prompt.

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So when you spend a lot of time in a Linux terminal, it can become rather laborious to take your hand off the keyboard to grab the mouse. It seemed like not that far of a distance actually,

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