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xsel < /tmp/xselection not working in script

I'm trying to use the following script: #!/usr/bin/env bash # Edit xselection in gvim xsel > /tmp/xselection gvim /tmp/xselection xsel < /tmp/xselection But the final line does not seem to be ...
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In Xorg, why do I lose my text selection in one window when I select in another window?

This has been bugging me for a while now, and I just figured out what conditions cause it, but I don't know why, and if there is a (desired) workaround. The cause is quite obvious when there are ...
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Copy input to clipboard over SSH?

Here's my usage case: I'm often connected to other computers over SSH for work and I often need to copy and paste documents/text from the server to locally running editors for writing examples and ...