---
name: "sselp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "suckless-tools"
version: "48-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sselp"
---

# sselp(1)

simple X selection printer

## NAME

sselp - simple X selection printer

## SYNOPSIS

**sselp** \[-v\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sselp** prints the X selection to standard out.  If there is no X client owning the selection it just exits.  Useful for scripts where you can query the X selection without pressing  mouse Button2 in cumbersome ways.

## OPTIONS

**sselp** prints its version when fed with **-v**.

## SEE ALSO

**Homepage** \<*http://www.suckless.org/*\>

## AUTHOR

sselp was written by Anselm R. Garbe \<*garbeam@gmail.com*\> and Sander van Dijk \<*a.h.vandijk@gmail.com*\>.

This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann \<*daniel@debian.org*\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).