将命令输出复制到Windows剪贴板

Question

I'm working with an ubuntu 16.04 VPS which I log into through putty from windows. I want to copy the output of:

sudo nginx -T

to my windows clipboard. I've tried:

deploy@server:/etc/nginx/sites-available$ sudo nginx -T | xclip -selection c
Error: Can't open display: (null)
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

However nothing is copied to my local clipboard. How can I make this happen?

Answer 1

you need to pass the $DISPLAY environment var to the command. Run it like this:

DISPLAY=:0 sudo nginx -T | xclip -selection c

if xclip doesnt work the you can also try using xsel