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You could always do it with something like while true; do xclip -sel c -o | xclip -sel c -quiet; done
– Stéphane Chazelas
Commented Apr 17, 2023 at 14:18
@StéphaneChazelas That might actually work, and you could also throw in -t to pick a specific format.
– dirkt
Commented Apr 17, 2023 at 14:22
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Used in Save HTML from clipboard as markdown text for instance.
– Stéphane Chazelas
Commented Apr 17, 2023 at 14:28

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