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Description
What article on docs.github.com is affected?
Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account ( Linux )
What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?
Linux | Copy the SSH key to your clipboard ( using xclip )
Additional information
The shown method seems to no longer work. After seeing the help of xclip
- xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
+ xclip -selection clipboard < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
See xclip help
❯ xclip -h
Usage: xclip [OPTION] [FILE]...
Access an X server selection for reading or writing.
-i, -in read text into X selection from standard input or files
(default)
-o, -out prints the selection to standard out (generally for
piping to a file or program)
-l, -loops number of selection requests to wait for before exiting
-d, -display X display to connect to (eg localhost:0")
-h, -help usage information
-selection selection to access ("primary", "secondary", "clipboard" or "buffer-cut")
-noutf8 don't treat text as utf-8, use old unicode
-target use the given target atom
-version version information
-silent errors only, run in background (default)
-quiet run in foreground, show what's happening
-verbose running commentary
Report bugs to <astrand@lysator.liu.se>