Linux shortcut to screenshot directly to clipboard (Arch linux, xclip, gnome-screenshot)

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I'm trying to add a keyboard shortcut to be able to automatically screenshot an active window to the clipboard I'm trying this line of code right now gnome-screenshot -w | xclip -selection clipboard but it doesn't work



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    I'm trying to add a keyboard shortcut to be able to automatically screenshot an active window to the clipboard I'm trying this line of code right now gnome-screenshot -w | xclip -selection clipboard but it doesn't work



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      I'm trying to add a keyboard shortcut to be able to automatically screenshot an active window to the clipboard I'm trying this line of code right now gnome-screenshot -w | xclip -selection clipboard but it doesn't work



      ps: yes I am writing this line in the shortcut section of gnome










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      I'm trying to add a keyboard shortcut to be able to automatically screenshot an active window to the clipboard I'm trying this line of code right now gnome-screenshot -w | xclip -selection clipboard but it doesn't work



      ps: yes I am writing this line in the shortcut section of gnome







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      edited Jan 4 at 18:49









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          The gnome-screenshot -w command doesn't write anything to standard output, so you can't pipe it to another program. In any case, you don't need to, see man gnome-screenshot:



           -c, --clipboard
          Send the grab directly to the clipboard.


          So all you need is gnome-screenshot -cw.






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            The gnome-screenshot -w command doesn't write anything to standard output, so you can't pipe it to another program. In any case, you don't need to, see man gnome-screenshot:



             -c, --clipboard
            Send the grab directly to the clipboard.


            So all you need is gnome-screenshot -cw.






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              The gnome-screenshot -w command doesn't write anything to standard output, so you can't pipe it to another program. In any case, you don't need to, see man gnome-screenshot:



               -c, --clipboard
              Send the grab directly to the clipboard.


              So all you need is gnome-screenshot -cw.






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                The gnome-screenshot -w command doesn't write anything to standard output, so you can't pipe it to another program. In any case, you don't need to, see man gnome-screenshot:



                 -c, --clipboard
                Send the grab directly to the clipboard.


                So all you need is gnome-screenshot -cw.






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                The gnome-screenshot -w command doesn't write anything to standard output, so you can't pipe it to another program. In any case, you don't need to, see man gnome-screenshot:



                 -c, --clipboard
                Send the grab directly to the clipboard.


                So all you need is gnome-screenshot -cw.







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