Clipboard Actions - Process Base64 String
I would like to add an 'Action' in the KDE Plasma clipboard to decode a base64 string.
In KDE Plasma (Linux Mint 18), the clipboard widget allows each item to be edited, and a command executed using a regex. I used this feature to mark a base64 text string with a '{' bracket. The goal is to run the action and decode the string, with the output added as new clipboard item.
I copied a base64 text string to the clipboard:
{QGStMW4xdnykZnRv
Then I created a clipboard 'Action' that uses a regex to exclude the bracket and process the rest of the string:
[^{].*$
This seems to work well to segregate the base64 string:
QGStMW4xdnykZnRv
Next, I tried adding either of the following commands (which tested fine in the bash console):
echo %s | base64 --decode
openssl enc -base64 -d <<< %s
The Plasma Clipboard widget uses the '%s' in a command to place the clipboard contents. However, nothing seems to happen.
When editing the command within the Clipboard Action, one of the options is "Output Handling" which I set to "Add to Clipboard". Therefore it is expected that the output of the base64 command should be placed as a new item on the clipboard.
Any insight to solving this will be greatly appreciated.
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I would like to add an 'Action' in the KDE Plasma clipboard to decode a base64 string.
In KDE Plasma (Linux Mint 18), the clipboard widget allows each item to be edited, and a command executed using a regex. I used this feature to mark a base64 text string with a '{' bracket. The goal is to run the action and decode the string, with the output added as new clipboard item.
I copied a base64 text string to the clipboard:
{QGStMW4xdnykZnRv
Then I created a clipboard 'Action' that uses a regex to exclude the bracket and process the rest of the string:
[^{].*$
This seems to work well to segregate the base64 string:
QGStMW4xdnykZnRv
Next, I tried adding either of the following commands (which tested fine in the bash console):
echo %s | base64 --decode
openssl enc -base64 -d <<< %s
The Plasma Clipboard widget uses the '%s' in a command to place the clipboard contents. However, nothing seems to happen.
When editing the command within the Clipboard Action, one of the options is "Output Handling" which I set to "Add to Clipboard". Therefore it is expected that the output of the base64 command should be placed as a new item on the clipboard.
Any insight to solving this will be greatly appreciated.
kde clipboard plasma
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I would like to add an 'Action' in the KDE Plasma clipboard to decode a base64 string.
In KDE Plasma (Linux Mint 18), the clipboard widget allows each item to be edited, and a command executed using a regex. I used this feature to mark a base64 text string with a '{' bracket. The goal is to run the action and decode the string, with the output added as new clipboard item.
I copied a base64 text string to the clipboard:
{QGStMW4xdnykZnRv
Then I created a clipboard 'Action' that uses a regex to exclude the bracket and process the rest of the string:
[^{].*$
This seems to work well to segregate the base64 string:
QGStMW4xdnykZnRv
Next, I tried adding either of the following commands (which tested fine in the bash console):
echo %s | base64 --decode
openssl enc -base64 -d <<< %s
The Plasma Clipboard widget uses the '%s' in a command to place the clipboard contents. However, nothing seems to happen.
When editing the command within the Clipboard Action, one of the options is "Output Handling" which I set to "Add to Clipboard". Therefore it is expected that the output of the base64 command should be placed as a new item on the clipboard.
Any insight to solving this will be greatly appreciated.
kde clipboard plasma
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I would like to add an 'Action' in the KDE Plasma clipboard to decode a base64 string.
In KDE Plasma (Linux Mint 18), the clipboard widget allows each item to be edited, and a command executed using a regex. I used this feature to mark a base64 text string with a '{' bracket. The goal is to run the action and decode the string, with the output added as new clipboard item.
I copied a base64 text string to the clipboard:
{QGStMW4xdnykZnRv
Then I created a clipboard 'Action' that uses a regex to exclude the bracket and process the rest of the string:
[^{].*$
This seems to work well to segregate the base64 string:
QGStMW4xdnykZnRv
Next, I tried adding either of the following commands (which tested fine in the bash console):
echo %s | base64 --decode
openssl enc -base64 -d <<< %s
The Plasma Clipboard widget uses the '%s' in a command to place the clipboard contents. However, nothing seems to happen.
When editing the command within the Clipboard Action, one of the options is "Output Handling" which I set to "Add to Clipboard". Therefore it is expected that the output of the base64 command should be placed as a new item on the clipboard.
Any insight to solving this will be greatly appreciated.
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kde clipboard plasma
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