how to copy a file without pasting to a destination

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Operating System- Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon 5.4.10

Terminal-gnome

Description- I want to copy content of a file without pasting it to the destination file, is it possilbe?.I just want to accomplish it using terminal only

`cp /path/to/source /path/to/destination` – William Pursell Aug 21 '22 at 15:39 — William Pursell, Aug 21 '22 at 15:39

score -2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '22 at 15:59

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To my knowledge, you can't do this with vanilla Linux, but there are projects like clipboard-files that attempt to do this.

It's got commands like ccopy, ccut, cpaste, etc, and works just by copying the files into a temporary directory.

answered Aug 21 '22 at 15:59

lancylot2004

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Please don't answer off-topic questions. Thanks. – tink Aug 21 '22 at 17:40

how to copy a file without pasting to a destination

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