Re: Write file content to the clipboard using DBus

[Franco Martelli]

On 29/09/26 at 16:33, Greg Wooledge wrote:
I predict you will have follow-up questions.  I predict that one of
them will be "how do I write it so that it takes the payload either
from stdin*or* from the argument list?"  So, here's a variant that
looks for arguments, and uses those if present, and otherwise uses
stdin:
toclip() {
     local payload
     if (($#)); then
         payload="$*"
     else
         payload=$(cat)
     fi
     qdbus6 org.kde.klipper /klipper \
         org.kde.klipper.klipper.setClipboardContents "$payload"
}

Just a follow-up question: "Can superuser (root) and not privileged user 
run both this function?" I've solved so:

toclip() {
        local payload
        if (($#)); then
                payload="$*"
        else
                payload=$(cat)
        fi
        setpriv --reuid "$(id -u YourUser)" \
                env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u YourUser) \
                qdbus6 org.kde.klipper /klipper \
                org.kde.klipper.klipper.setClipboardContents "$payload"
}

Replace YourUser with your username and when you become superuser you'll 
be able to send text to the clipboard.
Out of curiosity I'd like to know if this function works also under 
Wayland (kwin_wayland). Does anyone have a KDE desktop running a Wayland 
session to test it?

Thanks, kind regards.
--
Franco Martelli