I want to create a program that needs to utilize the clipboard in linux(copy and paste). I was wondering if anybody knew if it is possible to do this with C++ code. I am currently using the GCC compiler. In case my writing is unclear, which it usually is, I'll give an example of what I want to do. So basically I want to know how I would read something that has been copied, maybe some text from a text file, from the clipboard or the linux equivalent of the clipboard. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks