#!/bin/bash
##################################################
# A simple shell script that works in conjunction with
# the KDE DCOP server to let you pipe text to the
# klipboard.
#
# example:
# 
# $cat file | klipin
#
##################################################

dcop klipper klipper setClipboardContents "$(cat)"

#!/usr/bin/python
#########################################################
# A simple python script that allows you to redirect the 
# klipboard contents as though it were standard output.
# 
# examples:
#
# klipout | grep xyzzy
# klipout > out.txt
#
#########################################################
# NOTE: Originally, I wrote this as a one-line shell
# script:
#
# dcop klipper klipper getClipboardContents
#
# , but the QString return value was coming back without
# embedded newlines, so piping the result to grep and 
# such was pretty much useless.  This python version of
# the script is almost as simple, but it does require 
# that the python-dcop package is installed.
#
#########################################################
import pydcop

if __name__ == "__main__":
   klipper = pydcop.DCOPObject("klipper", "klipper")
   print klipper.getClipboardContents()

>>> import pydcop
>>> klipper = pydcop.DCOPObject("klipper", "klipper")
>>> f = file("smile.png", "rb")
>>> data = f.read()
>>> f.close()
>>> klipper.setClipboardContents(data)