remote communicate with unit socket and service

abc.sh

echo "$@" | xclip -selection primary 
echo "$@" | xclip -selection clipboard

run.md

Directory

Place all .socket and .service in ~/.config/user/

start socket

systemctl enable xclip.socket
systemctl start xclip.socket
systemctl status xclip.socket

Local Debug

echo "text to copy" | nc localhost 11988

SSH remote tunnel

Host xxx
Hostname xxx
RemoteForward 11988 localhost:11988

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• Not use sudo, xclip require to use DISPLAY. Otherwise, suffer from Error: Can't open display: (null)
• pay attention to the name `xclip@.service``
• Theoretically, xclip only support file

xclip.socket

[Unit]
Description=Network copy backend for tmux based on xclip
[Socket]
ListenStream=11988
Accept=yes
[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target

xclip@.service

[Unit]
Description=Copy backend service piping input to xclip
Requires=xclip.socket
[Service]
Type=simple
StandardInput=socket
ExecStart=/bin/bash /tmp/abc.sh
StandardOutput=socket