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# copyq

> Clipboard manager with advanced features.
> More information: <https://copyq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command-line.html>.

- Launch CopyQ to store clipboard history:

`copyq`

- Show current clipboard content:

`copyq clipboard`

- Insert raw text into the clipboard history:

`copyq add -- {{text1}} {{text2}} {{text3}}`

- Insert text containing escape sequences ('
', '	') into the clipboard history:

`copyq add {{firstline
secondline}}`

- Print the content of the first 3 items in the clipboard history:

`copyq read 0 1 2`

- Copy a file's contents into the clipboard:

`copyq < {{path/to/file.txt}} copy`

- Copy a JPEG image into the clipboard:

`copyq < {{path/to/image.jpg}} copy image/jpeg`
