Whats the command line for copy and paste in termimal?

budryx

3/11/24, 9:55 AM

So here is what I am trying to do, questions will be at the end. I'm being very pedantic I know, but its a good learning experience and a good bit of fun.

I am creating a setup script, which includes all the repositories and apts/snap packages i will need for a fresh setup, along with some CHMOD/CHOWN settings.

So in my script file I can just use $USER e.g. /media/$USER/blah blah, that works. But, in my setup.desktop shortcut I need to use the actual username instead of $USER.

How can I run a script to; pull the current username, copy that user name, edit the .desktop file then paste the name into the EXEC= /media/USERNAME/ path?

To break down the questions as I know there are multiple in that one. How can I copy a text from terminal, WITHOUT using mouse or keyboard?

Is there a -[CRTL + C] entry I can type e.g. -x is execute in CHMOD, instead of using my keyboard to press the CTRL SHFT C key?

If so, what is both copy and paste?

OR is there an easier way to put the username into the shortcut file via a script?

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command-line

scripts

shortcut-keys

.desktop

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Hannu

3/11/24, 10:10 AM

So, replace "USERNAME" with "$USER"-content...

$ echo >TEMP.desktop "EXEC=/media/USERNAME/someexecfile"

$ sed -ire "s/USERNAME/$USER/" TEMP.desktop 

$ cat TEMP.desktop 
EXEC=/media/hannu/someexecfile

Related:
www.tldp.org > Bash guides - will tell a lot of detail about how to use Bash and write Bash scripts, already by skimming through them (there are two guides)

$ man sed will tell you details about sed in particular,
https://regex101.com/ - contains a test-bench for regular expressions.
https://www.regular-expressions.info/ - tutorials and examples on regex'es.

$ man xclip for setting / accessing actual clipboard data. note that a clipboard might be application-local, e.g. an application might not be using the X clipboard.

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budryx

3/11/24, 10:41 AM

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