% CLIO(1) % Aetnaeus % December 2018
clio - a command line clipboard manager
clio [-d] [-l] [-p num]
A minimalistic command line clipboard manager featuring selection synchronization and history.
clio runs as a daemon and must be started before it begins recording clipboard activity, adding 'clio -d' to your xinitrc is a good way to ensure that it is always running for in your X session.
-d : Start clio as a daemon.
-l : List all recorded pastables.
-p n : Print the nth pastable to STDOUT.
-a n : Raise the nth pastable to the top of history and copy it to the clipboard.
-c : Clear all pastables in memory.
-h : Prints options.
> echo 'lorem ipsum'|clio # Copy 'lorem ipsum' to the clipboard.
> clio -l # List all recorded clipboard items (one per line, possibly truncated).
> clip -a 1 # Copy the second history item to the active clipboard.
> clio -p 0 # Print the contents of the first history item (i.e the active one).