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A really simple tool to copy standard input to the clipboard.
3 random examples of how to use it:
NOTE: in the examples below "clip" is an alias for "python clip.py"

$ ls -hal | clip
Successfully copied the following to the clipboard:
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total 216K
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K 2008-12-13 11:10 .
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 192K 2008-12-28 14:28 ..
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K 2008-11-23 15:02 (1970) Paranoid
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K 2008-05-14 19:39 (1971) Master of Reality
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K 2008-11-23 15:03 (1973) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K 2008-11-22 02:42 (1980) Live at Last



$ echo "what a stupid way to simply copy some text..." | clip
Successfully copied the following to the clipboard:
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what a stupid way to simply copy some text...



$ cal > calendar.tmp
$ cat calendar.tmp | clip
Successfully copied the following to the clipboard:
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   December 2008    
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    1  2  3  4  5  6
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31