X Clipboard helper script

xcl

#!/bin/bash

#
# While 'xclip' is helpful, it's way too verbose,
# and the defaults are unhelpful for common
# "Ctrl-C/V" type usages.
#
# This 'xcl' utility transforms 'xclip' into a
# helpful cmdline friend.
#
# usage:
# - cat some_file | xcl
# - xcl > some_file
#

# read from clipboard if stdin is a tty, otherwise write to clipboard
[ -t 0 ] && xclip -o -selection clipboard || xclip -i -selection clipboard