1manpage(xcut)(8)(21 Sep 1999)(xcut)()
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3label(NAME)
4manpagename(xcut)(Manipulate X cut buffers from command line)
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6label(SYNOPSIS)
7manpagesynopsis()
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9bf(xcut) [-display displayname] [-p]
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11label(DESCRIPTION)
12manpagedescription()
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14This is the manual page for bf(xcut) version 0.2.
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16Xcut takes the contents of standard input and store it into the X cut
17and paste buffer.  The data is then available for pasting into
18applications which support cut and paste operations.
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20I was initially looking for something that would generate canned shell
21commands and stick them in the X cut buffer so all the user needed to
22do was do hit the middle mouse button in an xterm and the commands
23would be executed. The original idea was to stick a short shell script
24to insert a MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE entry in the .Xauthority file, but I've
25found bf(xcut) useful for other things such as pasting the output of
26shell commands into mail messages and so forth.
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28label(OPTIONS)
29manpageoptions()
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31startdit()
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33label(-display)
34dit(bf(-display)) Connect to the specified X host, display number and
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37label(-p)
38dit(bf(-p)) Paste contents of X cut buffer to standard output.
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40endit()
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42label(ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES)
43manpagesection(ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES)
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45The bf(DISPLAY) environment variable is used for the name of the X
46display to connect to if the bf(-display) command line option is not
47present.
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49label(SEEALSO)
50manpageseealso()
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52bf(X(1))
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54label(AUTHOR)
55manpageauthor()
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57Tim Potter, <tpot@acsys.anu.edu.au>
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