monitor clipboard and save contents to a file

bookpaste.py

# sudo apt-get install xclip
# sudo pip install xerox begin

import time
import sys
import os
import io

import xerox
import begin

END = ">>END<<"

@begin.start
def paste_book(name):
    print "write to '{}', add clipboard '{}'' to terminate".format(name, END)
    print "======= BEGIN ======="
    f = io.open(name, 'a', encoding='utf8')
    recent_value = u""
    while True:
        tmp_value = xerox.paste()
        if tmp_value == ">>END<<":
            f.close()
            print "======= END ======="
            break;    
        if tmp_value != recent_value:
            recent_value = tmp_value
            print recent_value
            f.write(recent_value)
            f.write(u"\n\n")
            f.flush()
        time.sleep(0.1)