Question 1:

I want to copy a file to clipboard, how can I do this using cli? I have this file “home/$USER/example.svg” and I want to copy it to clipboard without manually doing it. I tried to ask ChatGPT to help me with it, it didn’t :(

I am pretty sure there is a copy to clipboard option in Thunar and Nemo file managers but I don’t know how to use it. My google searches have been so far fruitless. Please help me copy it?

Use Case: I want to copy it and paste it to Obsidian.md file. Obsidian is a text manager which supports Mathjax but not Latex, so in order to get a semblance of greater Latex support, I want to convert tex to svg and copy it from the folder to clipboard (without opening the folder) and then paste it.

Question 2: Do you have a anonymous file sharing service you use to share videos and images? If so, what is it? imgur helps with images and videos lower than 1 mins, but above that, it won’t accept uploads.

Also, bashify.io and emalm.com seems to be ok ok in this regard. The problem is, I don’t know enough about them to trust them. mehh…

Use case: If I have a problem with my system, I want to share the video of the problem I am facing to Linux forums and I want it to be instantly accessible

Question 3: Is it ok to move random file script you find on the internet into a root folder which is included in your $PATH variable?

https://github.com/tremby/imgur.sh

I was trying to use this script and it is my understanding that if you have a script in a folder included in your path variable, then you don’t have to actually specify the path to run it. You can just give it’s name and press enter to execute it.

am I right so far and should I move that script into my path variable folder? What are the risks?

  • federalreverse-old@feddit.de
    7·
    9 months ago

    1. I think file managers just put a file name into the clipboard, not the actual file. It’s also worth noting that the clipboard is a concept of X11/Wayland. There may be CLI tooling, but it will only work as long as there’s a graphical environment running. I any case, have you tried putting a file reference, i.e. ![](/path/to/file.svg), into your .md file? I don’t think you can put an SVG directly into Markdown anyway (I may be wrong on that).

    2. People seem to use https://catbox.moe/

    3. I’d edit PATH rather than moving a random script to root. The convention is to put a directory ~/bin into your home and add that to PATH.

      • federalreverse-old@feddit.de
        1·
        9 months ago

        This is the first time I am hearing of it, so far I was only aware of .local/share. Conventions being what they are, there may be multiple. :) However, I find it impractical to use a hidden directory for the purpose.

      • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
        21·
        9 months ago

        /.local/bin already exists. I am pretty sure it was created by some other application. So, that’s it, I can add it there and give it execution privileges (isn’t that what Stalin had ;)

    • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
      5·
      9 months ago

      I any case, have you tried putting a file reference, i.e. , into your .md file? I don’t think you can put an SVG directly into Markdown anyway (I may be wrong on that).

      Thank you very much! this is what I did and it works.

      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
        2·
        9 months ago

        Just go into settings > community plugins and search for LaTeX. I can’t make specific recommendations since I don’t use LaTeX, but I saw there were a few.

        • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
          3·
          9 months ago

          I installed some plugins right now, let’s see how they work, but for now, svg works like magic for me. I didn’t know you could do this using community plugins so thank you for letting me know.

  • krey@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    9 months ago

    For question 1: idk how to convert tex to svg, but maybe there’s a program called tex2svg . Often programs are named like that. However, if you want the contents of a file (which is basically markup text) in the clipboard from CLI you would use on Xorg X11 xclip or xclipboard like so:

    xclip -selection clipboard -in < myfile.txt

    … or on Wayland wl-copy from wl-clipboard like so:

    wl-copy < myfile.txt

    For question 3: after you have reviewed the potentially dangerous script, you would move it to a directory for non distribution files, eg. /usr/local/bin/ if it is for all users on your system. You would add that path to the PATH environment variable for all users who need it, but maybe better not for root. I mean you can, but make sure the permissions don’t allow non-root users to write or replace the file/dir so nobody can use it to escalate their privileges.

  • smiletolerantly@feddit.de
    2·
    9 months ago

    Regarding 2: I don’t think I’ve ever seen this, in what situation would you rather share a video then a description of the problem + your log files?

    Regarding 3: Should be fine as along as the script itself isn’t harmful. Which you can really only answer by reading the script. (And funnily enough, you’d find an answer to your first question inside this specific script…).

    • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      and why were you downvoted :')

      can’t people just explain what they disagree with instead of downvoting?

      edit: You could use Bing ChatGPT on firefox? I didn’t know that. it didn’t give me the desired result, but Thank you